August is a busy season for Egypt.
All the representatives of the tourism industry can take advantage of this and do not raise prices on vacation.
But the price of tours this month is definitely higher, although many tourists are afraid to go to the country of pyramids because of various disturbances.
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On September 27, the international community celebrates World Tourism Day.
This year, the UNWTO official events will be held in Egyptian city of Aswan.
UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai says that tourism is a major component of the economy of Egypt, which annually attracts millions of tourists into the country from around the world.
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In Egypt, the former prime minister and finance minister will be judged for corruption and illegal expenditure of public funds.
This was stated by the prosecutor’s office on Saturday. Ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif is now in custody, the finance minister is in his government - Youssef Ghali Butrus - is abroad.
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The leaders of Egyptian revolution will invite the founder and owner of social networking site Facebook Mark Zuckerberg to visit the country on an official visit - in gratitude for the important role that the resource played in the revolution in January.
The leaders of the revolution has already appealed to the Minister of Culture of Egypt Imad Abu Ghazi to request a formal invitation for Zuckerberg.
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Tourist authorities in Egypt in order to attract tourists to the country, decided to open new sites and historic monuments, local media reported.
In particular, the opening of ten attractions in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Taba and Rashid is expected the next few weeks.
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In late April, the Ministry of Tourism of Egypt will begin an advertising campaign in Russia to promote the recreation in the country by providing more than $ 3 million for these purposes.
Holidays in Egypt will be advertised on TV channels, radio and in the shopping malls.
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General Conference of UNESCO, on Thursday approved a secret ballot for the post of director general of the organization Bulgaria Irina Bokova - MGIMO graduate, who became the first woman to head UNESCO, said the press office of UNESCO.
“182 people voted. Two or three bulletin was invalid, 166 people voted” yes “, - told to RIA Novosti spokesperson of the organization.
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Egyptian Ministry of Health asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to give the country 15 million doses of vaccine against the virus A/H1N1 of 300 million doses, which would be received from the international organization of production companies for the distribution as a humanitarian aid between the developing and poor countries, said on Wednesday in Cairo, Egyptian Deputy and Health Minister Nasser al-Sayyid.
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Egypt has launched a renewed struggle for the return from Germany to its homeland the famous bust of Egyptian queen Nefertiti - wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), reported the German news channels.
Colorized Nefertiti bust, that shows her perfect beauty was discovered by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt in 1912 in the sculpture workshop of the court artist and sculptor Thutmose at Amarna - a small settlement on the east bank of the Nile. Here are the ruins of the ancient Egyptian capital Ahetatona, built in the middle of the XIV century BC by order of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten).
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The armed forces of Egypt, the United States and Kuwait had joint military actions in repelling the attack conditional enemy in the Egyptian desert in the north near the town of Al-Hamam.
In a scenario exercise, the enemy attacked with a large army, threatened to use chemical weapons. To neutralize the enemy’s forces had to engage allies infantry, tanks, aircraft and air defense.
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