Beltagi: efforts to promote tourism to Egypt bear fruit

Egyptian Minister of Tourism Dr. Mamdouh El-Beltagui Monday said that efforts exerted to promote tourism to Egypt have begun to bear fruit. In an interview with Sawt A1 Arab radio by telephone from Berlin where he is leading Egypt's delegation to Berlin International Tourism Bourse, Beltagui referred to a number of programs and plans on promoting tourism in Egypt.

He asserted that the increase in the number of Arab tourists to Egypt had a positive impact on overcoming the global crisis which erupted following the September 11 events.

Meanwhile, Al Beltagui met in Berlin, on the sidelines of the Berlin Tourism Bourse, with a large number of officials including members of tourism committee at the Bundstage.

Moreover, Al-Beltagui gave interviews and statements on the Egyptian tourism product, new places of attraction in Egypt and the tourism investment projects.