Egypt’s Tourism Minister Concludes Visit to Paris

On Saturday, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa concluded his short visit to the French capital, Paris, to open the temporary antiquities exhibition "Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs" at its third stop in the capital, which opened yesterday and will continue until September 17.

The meeting was attended by Alaa Youssef, the Egyptian Ambassador to France, Amr Al-Qadi, the CEO of the Egyptian General Authority for Tourism Promotion, Hussein Al-Sharif, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air Cairo, one of the companies affiliated with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ahmed Ebeid, the Assistant Minister for Affairs of the Minister’s Office Sector, Youmna Al-Bahar, the assistant Minister for Technical Affairs, and Amr Abdullah, the Supervisor of the General Department of International Relations and Agreements at the Ministry.

During this meeting, ways to enhance joint cooperation between the ministry and tour operators were discussed to attract more incoming tourist traffic to the Egyptian tourist destination, especially from the French market.

The minister spoke about the ministry's general policies and the national strategy for the development of tourism in Egypt, reviewing the broad lines and the most prominent axes of this strategy represented in providing greater access to the Egyptian tourist destination and doubling the number of airline seats coming to Egypt in cooperation with civil aviation.

Issa reviewed the various procedures and programs offered by the ministry for cooperation and encouragement of professional partnership with tour operators and local and international airlines, especially in light of the importance of their role in the tourism industry in Egypt and in a way that contributes to pushing more incoming tourist traffic to Egypt, including the aviation stimulus program, Joint marketing programs, and promotions.

Contributed by Israa Farhan