Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El Anany and Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Manar held several coordination meetings to outline mechanisms for promoting domestic tourism through bringing into effect a new initiative to offer discounts on domestic flight tickets.
Themed “Spend Winter in Egypt”, the initiative should go into effect as of Friday, January 15, and will last until Sunday, February 28, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
As per the decisions, flights from Cairo and Alexandria to Luxor, including tax, will cost EGP 1,500 and to Aswan EGP 1,800, while flights from Cairo or Alexandria to Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, and Taba will cost EGP 1,800 and to Marsa Alam EGP 2,000.
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The Egyptian Hotel Association will announce the names of hotels participating in the initiative as well as the discounts they offer.
These hotels shall operate at 50% capacity in accordance with health safety requirements issued to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
All precautionary measures should be applied to airports, museums, tourist attractions, restaurants, hotels, and buses.
These meetings come in the implementation of recommendations issued by the ministerial committee responsible for tourism and antiquities during its meeting held under the prime minister in December.
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