[caption id="attachment_30920" align="alignright" width="210"] Egypt's minister of tourism, Hisham Zazou, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in Cairo, Egypt[/caption] Tourism minister tries to allay fears of 'Shia infiltration' as a new Iranian tour group visits Egypt amid their depressingtourism downturn The flow ...

Egyptian tourism companies operating in the Iranian market have formed a consortium to enable them to work with Iran and set the guidelines of their relationship, state-run MENA news agency quoted Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou as saying Saturday. On Saturday, Zaazou welcomed the newly-formed consortium in a meeting with representatives of the Egyptian ...

Minister of Tourism Hesham Zaazou said that he is aiming to attract 200,000 Iranian tourists per year to guarantee $250m annually in revenues. Egypt should take a piece of this pie, he said, according to Gulf News, during a press conference in Dubai on Saturday ahead of the Arabian Tourism Market (ATM) event. He added, however, that Iranians will ...

Cairo,Asharq Al-AwsatThe Egyptian minister of tourism, Hisham Zazou, called on Sunday for Iranian tourists to return to Egypt. This call comes after a sudden reversal of IranianEgyptian tourism cooperation. On March 30, the Egyptian government decided to allow the resumption of commercial flights from Iran. Dr. Zazou toldAsharq Al-Awsatat the time ...

Efforts to foster Iranian tourism to Egypt have not been cancelled, Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said Wednesday morning. His comments follow outcry by Egypt's conservative Salafis over warming ties with Shia majority Iran that prompted the ministry on Sunday to suspend flights from Tehran until the second half of June. The flights were part of ...

Government sources said that the decision taken by Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou to stop incoming flights from Iran until the second half of June came after receiving an angry call from the Iranian side, after the Cairo residence of the Iranian charg d'affaires Mojtaba Amani was attacked by Salafis two days ago. Sources told the London-based newspaper ...