Ebeid, Japanese diplomat discuss tourism cooperation

Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid and the Japanese ambassador in Cairo discussed on Thursday means of increasing the number of Japanese tourists coming to Egypt.

About 1.000 Japanese tourists come to Egypt daily given the growing number of tourism resorts.

Talks between the two sides also covered the dlrs 50 million worth loan offered by Japan to the Social Fund for Development.

Japan's contribution to the third line of the Egyptian underground metro project and setting up a Japanese-Egyptian organisation in the trade field.