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News Egypt Tourism: 10,000-Year-Old Symbols And Art Found in Egyptian Rock Formation

Published on: Friday 13 February 2026
10,000-Year-Old Symbols And Art Found in Egyptian Rock Formation
News source: https://www.sciencealert.com/10000-year-old-symbols-and-art-found-in-egyptian-rock-formation

Archaeologists have discovered a 10,000-year-old site with rock art in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the country's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Thursday.

News Egypt Tourism: Egypt’s tourism minister urges Turkish investors to expand presence in tourism sector

Published on: Sunday 08 February 2026
Egypt’s tourism minister urges Turkish investors to expand presence in tourism sector
News source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/egypt-s-tourism-minister-urges-turkish-investors-to-expand-presence-in-tourism-sector/3824532

Sherif Fathy says Egypt attaches great importance to tourists from Türkiye as his country records 43% increase in Turkish tourists in 2025 - Anadolu Ajansı ...

News Egypt Tourism: Tourism is booming in 2026 - just not where you think

Published on: Sunday 15 February 2026
Tourism is booming in 2026 - just not where you think
News source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260212-where-tourism-is-growing-fastest-in-2026

As global travel rebounds, the fastest growth is happening beyond the usual tourism heavyweights – from Ethiopia to Bhutan.

News Egypt Tourism: Memphis Tours Highlights Operational Shift Toward Coordinated Egypt Tour Packages

Published on: Monday 02 February 2026
Memphis Tours Highlights Operational Shift Toward Coordinated Egypt Tour Packages
News source: https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/24817/memphis-tours-highlights-operational-shift-toward-coordinated-egypt-tour-packages/

Memphis Tours issues an industry announcement reflecting observable movement toward structured planning models in Egypt travel, where coordinated logistics, licensed guidance, and integrated ...

News Egypt Tourism: Tourist submarine sinks off Egypt's coast, leaving 6 dead and dozens injured, officials say

Published on: Wednesday 26 March 2025
Tourist submarine sinks off Egypt's coast, leaving 6 dead and dozens injured, officials say
News source: https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-world/tourist-submarine-sinks-off-egypts-coast/507-29175d00-0004-4c55-a410-863ed69a75d4

CAIRO, Egypt — A recreational submarine taking 45 tourists on an underwater cruise of coral reefs in the Red Sea sank off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada on Thursday, leaving six Russians dead, ...

News Egypt Tourism: Byzantine Monastery Discovered in Egypt’s Sohag Reveals Early Christian Life

Published on: Wednesday 07 January 2026
Byzantine Monastery Discovered in Egypt’s Sohag Reveals Early Christian Life
News source: https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/08/byzantine-monastery-egypt-sohag-early-christian-life/

Archaeologists uncovered a Byzantine monastery in Egypt’s Sohag, revealing how early Christian monks lived and worshipped.

News Egypt Tourism: Egypt Braces for Fallout After British Airways Suspends Flights to Cairo

Published on: Saturday 20 July 2019
Egypt Braces for Fallout After British Airways Suspends Flights to Cairo
News source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/british-airways-suspends-flights-to-cairo-over-terrorism-fears-11563700745

The airline’s decision is a blow to Egypt’s tourism industry which had been recovering after a wave of deadly terrorist attacks in recent years. Lufthansa also briefly suspended flights before ...

News Egypt Tourism: Egypt chides BA for 'unilateral' decision to ground flights

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Egypt chides BA for 'unilateral' decision to ground flights
News source: https://news.yahoo.com/egypt-chides-ba-unilateral-decision-ground-flights-172120219.html

Egypt's civil aviation minister criticised British Airways on Sunday, a day after it suspended flights to Cairo citing security concerns. In a meeting with UK ambassador Geoffrey Adams, Younes al-Masri voiced his "displeasure" that the airline's "unilateral decision" had

News Egypt Tourism: Egypt opens Bent Pyramid to tourists

Published on: Thursday 18 July 2019
Egypt opens Bent Pyramid to tourists
News source: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/bent-pyramid-egypt-scli-intl/index.html?bcmt=1

Minister of Antiquities Khaled al Anani led a party of foreign ambassadors to the Dahshur Necropolis to inaugurate the so-called Bent Pyramid on Saturday, according to state media agency Al Ahram. ...

News Egypt Tourism: IS claims suicide bombing that killed 2 in Egypt's Sinai

Published on: Thursday 18 July 2019
IS claims suicide bombing that killed 2 in Egypt's Sinai
News source: http://www.startribune.com/is-claims-suicide-bombing-that-killed-2-in-egypt-s-sinai/512931052/

Egypt has battled Islamic militants for years in the Sinai Peninsula in an insurgency that has occasionally spilled over to the mainland, striking minority Christians and also at times tourists. ...

News Egypt Tourism: Egypt begins restoring King Tutankhamun's golden coffin

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Egypt begins restoring King Tutankhamun's golden coffin
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/egypt-begins-restoring-king-tutankhamun-golden-coffin-190717173840110.html

He ruled between 1333 and 1323 BC as one of the last kings of the 18th Dynasty. Egypt has in recent months announced a series of ancient discoveries in the hope of reviving its tourism industry, a ...

News Egypt Tourism: Energy Secretary Rick Perry to travel to Middle East next week

Published on: Tuesday 16 July 2019
Energy Secretary Rick Perry to travel to Middle East next week
News source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/energy-secretary-rick-perry-to-travel-to-middle-east-next-week

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will travel to Israel and Egypt next week to hold meetings about regional energy and cybersecurity issues, according to an Energy Department official. Perry will meet ...

News Egypt Tourism: 2019 AFCON benefits Egypt's tourism [Travel]

Published on: Thursday 04 July 2019
2019 AFCON benefits Egypt's tourism [Travel]
News source: https://www.africanews.com/2019/07/04/2019-afcon-benefits-egypt-s-tourism/

In Egypt, tourism took a dramatic nosedive after the Arab Spring. The country that used to boast 15 million tourists a year has been on a powerful marketing drive to bring back the glory days — and ...

News Egypt Tourism: Black Sea Adventurers Plan Reed Boat Trip to Egypt

Published on: Friday 05 July 2019
Black Sea Adventurers Plan Reed Boat Trip to Egypt
News source: https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1799341/black-sea-adventurers-plan-reed-boat-trip-egypt

Adventurers are getting ready to set off on a 3,000-km voyage in a reed boat to test a theory that ancient Egyptian merchants used such as vessels to travel as far as the Black Sea, Reuters reported. ...

News Egypt Tourism: Will new discoveries boost Egyptian tourism?

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
Will new discoveries boost Egyptian tourism?
News source: https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Will_new_discoveries_boost_Egyptian_tourism-ZAWYA20190605075053/

On April 13 the Ministry of Antiquities unveiled a 4300-year-old tomb at Saqqara, a necropolis south of Cairo. The burial site housed the mummy of Khuwy, a high-ranking, Fifth Dynasty official who may ...

News Egypt Tourism: Islamic State claims attack on Egyptian police checkpoint, killing at least 8

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
Islamic State claims attack on Egyptian police checkpoint, killing at least 8
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/islamic-state-claims-attack-on-egyptian-police-checkpoint-killing-at-least-8/2019/06/05/912804a0-8798-11e9-9d73-e2ba6bbf1b9b_story.html

That attack, which killed all 224 people aboard, shattered Egypt’s tourism-driven economy, which still hasn’t fully recovered. Last year’s military operation against the Islamic militants began less ...

News Egypt Tourism: Egypt: 8 policemen killed in attack in Sinai

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
Egypt: 8 policemen killed in attack in Sinai
News source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/264247

In February of 2018, Egypt launched operation “Sinai 2018” in an effort to rid the Sinai Peninsula of Islamic terrorists. Police raids in May killed 16 suspected jihadists in North Sinai. The raids ...

News Egypt Tourism: Egypt’s sports tourism under attack

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
Egypt’s sports tourism under attack
News source: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/05/egypt-tourist-bus-attack-african-union-cup.html

A bus carrying mostly South African tourists was attacked near the Giza pyramids in Cairo, ahead of the African Union Cup that Egypt will host this summer. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh A damaged bus is ...