Egyptian participation in travel fair in London

Dr. Mamdouh El Beltagui, the Egyptian minister of tourism, left for Britain yesterday to take part in the12th session of the world tourism and travel fair, scheduled to start today at the main exhibition hall in in London.

The four-day fair is expected to include various tourism programs representing different countries worldwide.

Egypt will contribute a large pavilion in which Egyptian travel programs will be presented within the framework of the promotion plan designed by the Egyptian ministry of tourism to attract tourists from different parts of the world.

Dr. Beltagui is also expected to meet with the British minister of tourism and the state minister for consulate affairs. He will also take part in the Mediterranean-basin tourism meeting, as well as a press conference, organized to brief the journalists participating in the event, Al Ahrar daily said today.