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Monday, September 26, 2011


Tourism in Egypt



Cairo at night, "inviting some of the city in which to Atnam" Tourism is the most important sources of national income in Egypt, The Egyptian people used to the presence of tourists in their midst since ancient times. Featuring Egypt abundance of tourist attractions of all kinds, because of the abundance of temples and Alotharōhnak also Pharaonic Village which has many of the sayings of Pharaonic which has care of it and invest tourist attraction, is also available tourist infrastructure, which includes five-star hotels, tourist villages and tourist agencies and offices of the airline and is the congestion tourism in general in Cairo, Alexandria and Red Sea Governorate, Hurghada, Sinai and especially South Sinai Sharm El Sheikh, Dahab and Nuweiba, where sports sport diving, which attracts tourists from around the world and particularly from Germany and Italy, a fan of this kind of sports, as Egypt is characterized by its proximity to coral rare reefs in the Red Sea and types of fish for which the festivals and competitions fishing yacht, which comes to fishing enthusiasts of Egyptians and foreigners. As Egypt is one of the most prominent tourist country in the world where the number of tourists visiting Egypt more than 9.79 million tourists in 2007. Egypt is also ranked 58th among 124 countries in the tourism competitiveness index [1]. Contents 1 tourist attractions in the Greater Cairo area 1.1 Museums 2 tourist attractions in Alexandria 3 and the northern coast of Matrouh Governorate and the city of Rashid 4 tourist destinations in southern Egypt 5 of tourism in the Sinai and the Red Sea 6 Religious Tourism 6.1 Islamic religious shrines 6.2 Christian religious shrines 7 contribute to foreign tourism in the Egyptian 8 human element in Egypt's tourism 9 Medical Tourism 10 See also 11 References 12 External links [Edit] Tourist attractions in the Greater Cairo area

Egyptian Museum

Pyramids of Giza

Cairo Tower

The island of Zamalek
Egyptian Museum Pyramids of Giza Pyramid of Saqqara in Badrasheen Cairo Tower Khan el-Khalili, Cairo, Fatimid Al-Azhar Park Pharaonic Village Hurrian village, where the manufacture of high quality handmade carpets and the famous abroad as well as traditional clothing.
Carved hieroglyphic writing in Memphis (Egypt)

Thtamos third statue in Luxor Museum

Temple of Abu Simbel, carved in the rock.

Luxor Temple

Edfu Temple in Aswan

Philae Island

Islamic Museum

Coptic Museum

Suhaimi house (Old Cairo)

Bay street Muizz Fatimid

Babylon Fortress

Motifs from Cairo
[Edit] Museums Egyptian Museum Military Museum Citadel. Mohamed Ali Palace Helwan wax museum [Edit] Tourist attractions in Alexandria
Alexandria is a favorite destination for Egyptians and tourists from Arab nationalities and foreigners alike, especially in the summer months from June to September, Alexandria, which is experiencing a tourism boom significantly. It also has several tourist attractions including: Bey Citadel Library of Alexandria Roman Theatre Com excavations Alhqavp Alexandria National Museum Greco-Roman Museum Royal Jewelry Museum Alexandria Opera House Museum of Fine Arts Mahmoud Said Museum Institute of Aquaculture in Alexandria Beaches in Alexandria and Al-Ajmi and Palm Beach (6 October)
Bey Citadel

Column Pompey

Roman theater area of ​​Kom El-

Alexandria National Museum

Statue of Pharaoh Akhenaten (m. A. S.)

Exhibits from the National Museum of Alexandria

Displays a statue of a priest gods Osiris (m. A. S.)

Tombstone (National Museum of Alexandria)

Mosaic (National Museum of Alexandria)

Mural to the library to highlight the languages ​​of the world

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
There is also the city's major commercial centers than the date of establishment cent each year: Green Plaza Carrefour Omar Effendi Gatineau (Salon Verdi) green living room Zahran Mall Hanno San Stefano Grand Plaza Cicurel Deeb Mall Shimla Fathallah Mall ARCO Shopping can also be from other areas such as: Mansheya, rue sixes, Abrahamic, Street Cinema Acatih, Cleopatra, Saad Zaghloul Street, Safia Zaghloul Street, Fouad. The proportion of hotels in Alexandria, is lower than other cities in Egypt such as Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh and Luxor arrive large numbers of tourists and foreign visitors, but has the distinct group of hotels such as Hotel Amongst others, Palestine (Gardens Park), Sofitel Hotel, Salamlek (built this hotel in 1892 m. by order of the Khedive Abbas Hilmi II and is characterized by this hotel as a shrine on a hill inside the park gardens, one of the most beautiful beaches of the city of Alexandria). Four Seasons San Stefano (v. Hotel and Casino San Stefano of the most luxurious hotels in Egypt and Alexandria in particular in the first half of the twentieth century and in the fifties, where the aristocracy of Egyptian and foreign famous art and politics of the most prominent Mrtade, was demolished old hotel in the nineties after the Egyptian real estate company bought and set up shop and hotel complex with a large commercial marina particular) also has several branches of the hotels bearing the names of global [2].

Cornish sea area at night And for restaurants and Alkavihat (coffee shops) are located in Alexandria, many of the casinos, restaurants, unique and prestigious in addition to a large number of cafes that have established the pattern EU in the forties of the twentieth century and spread, especially on the Corniche in Alexandria: Casino not Korta, C Gel (Max - the port, France) , Petro (He was Tawfiq al-Hakim of the pioneers of regular to this cafe), Panorama Riviera, Elite (Safia Zaghloul), Flückiger, Zoviriun (Abu Qir), Santa Lucia, Otenius station (sand), Dennis, Mohamed Ahmed (a popular restaurant in the city of FallThe falafel was called "Benjamin" until the mid-sixties) ... And increases the activity of these cafes and restaurants are great, especially in the holidays and summer months.There are also several branches of chain restaurants and fast-food world famous cafes, such as Delice and the Trianon. [Edit] North Coast and Matrouh Governorate and the city of Rashid


German cemetery at El Alamein Province is subtracted from the larger provinces of Egypt, including about half of the coast of Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea, and there to maintain a large number of tourist villages which Mrakie, Mina and Resort Marina El-Alamein, in addition to the resort of large tourist is being done by Emaar Properties PJSC ..., also The city of Marsa Matrouh and its environs among the favorite destinations for the Egyptians to spend the summer vacation, and saw the city in recent years, the influx of large numbers of foreign tourists, especially Europeans it, and the Governorate of Matruh on the white sandy beaches and the coast clean is one of the cleanest beaches of the Mediterranean at all, there are also in the region of El Alamein cemetery of World War II, which took place one of the most important battles in the area of ​​El Alamein between the Allied and Axis forces either from the city of Rashid monuments is a historic city and is the third city of ancient Egypt's found the Rosetta Stone, which he found a officers of the French campaign and found him in a castle in the west coast Bey Citadel of the Nile. In Rashid, also a large number of effects, including Zaghloul Mosque and the Mosque of Abu Mandour and mill Abu Shahin, Azzouz and other bath and held in the current period modification and maintenance of a large number of effects because the city of Rashid Rashid will include the ancient Egyptian tourism map soon. [Edit] Tourist attractions in southern Egypt
In Luxor and Aswan, where the Pharaonic temples on the banks of the River Nile, and is done through the river cruises in the five-star floating hotels. [Edit] Tourism in the Sinai and the Red Sea
Sinai leads a lot of tourists from around the world, particularly from the European Union to relax and enjoy the nature of the Sinai, where the mountains hugging the Red Sea in the picturesque scenes, can also visit areas of the local population are nomadic in their gathering places through the safari, which is in the desert. Are found in the Sinai and the Red Sea resorts and several most important tourist cities Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Dahab, El Gouna, Ras Sudr, Nuweiba, Taba, Marsa Alam and also the monastery of St. Catherine and Mount Sinai's capital city of South Sinai.
Beach, near the city short on the Red Sea

Mersa Alam

Dahab Corniche in the evening

Dahab

El Gouna

Yacht Club in El Gouna
Sharm el-Sheikh - Naama bay.jpg Naama Bay near Sharm El Sheikh

Sharm El-Sheikh
[Edit] Religious Tourism
There are many aspects of tourism in Egypt, including the tourism of a religious nature, which include visiting the sites of connotations or religious significance to three religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam, for example, multiple places of significance of Egypt's Islamic mismatch Mosque of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed bin Abdullah, peace be upon him in Cairo "where there is grave has his head", in addition to the historic mosques such as the Mosque of Ibn Tulun and Al-Azhar mosque and the walls of historic Cairo and the Citadel of Saladin, and there are sites of religious significance Christian Church of St. Sergius, which resorted to the Holy Family during their recourse to Egypt, the Hanging Church and Monastery of St. Catherine MonasterySt. Anthony, founder of monasticism and the monastery of St. Paula in the Red Sea as well as the Monastery of Our Lady Muharraq Monastery Dronka in Assiut and many monasteries and ancient churches which do not infinite as there are sites with significant Jewish religious in Egypt, such as Mount Moses in Sinai, a synagogue Ben Ezra in ancient Egypt in Cairo where there is a deep well next to the Jews believe that "the mother of the Prophet Moses was in store for him for fear of Pharaoh" and the synagogue Hmaam motto "Heaven's Gate" in central Cairo synagogue Yahoo Hanaba Street Prophet Daniel and the provenance of a synagogue in Alexandria. [Edit] Islamic religious shrines In Egypt, many of the mosques and mosques important historical, including the mosque of al-Hakim, as well as mosques, Al al-Bayt, including the mosque of Hussein (as) and Zainab (as) There is also a historic mosques, among other Rifai mosque, which buried the members of the royal family, and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, which is a the most important points in the programs organized by the tourist companies.
Citadel in Cairo

Mosque of Mohammed Ali

Mosque of Mohammed Ali

Hussein in the holy month of Ramadan

Mursi Abul-Abbas Mosque in Alexandria

Al-Hussein Mosque in Cairo

Azhar

Baybars Mosque in Cairo

Minaret of a mosque of al-Hakim

Clock tower in the mosque of Muhammad Ali

Dish Mosque of Sultan Hassan in Cairo

Mosque of Ibn Tulun
[Edit] Christian religious shrines There are lots of places of Christian history in Egypt, the Hanging Church and monasteries for all Christian denominations such as the St. Catherine Monastery in South Sinai. Nearby is Mount Musa, who is organizing trips to rise at night until the sunrise from the control over the mountain.
Hanging Church in Cairo

Hanging Church from the inside

Cathedral of Saint Michel in Aswan

Monastery of St. Catherine
[Edit] contribute to foreign tourism in the Egyptian
A lot of tourists and travelers books and detailed evidence that you know who did not visit the shrines of Egypt and how to deal with people and prices, and so interest to Western tourists. Therefore comes the most Aah they know of any places they visit. [Edit] the human element in Egypt's tourism
There are sections of tourism and tourist guides in all Egyptian universities and almost are graduating each year from tour guides specialties in many languages ​​of the world, including, for example English, German, Spanish, Russian, French, Japanese, Italian, and archaeologists of various disciplines and perhaps most notably, Dr. Zahi Hawass. [Edit] Medical tourism
Medical tourism objectives of a visit to Egypt, where they are in the province of New Valley, Oases and Sinai regions of the burial treatment in the hot sand and water treatment as well as the presence of natural springs, such as the eyes of Moses and Ain Helwan. [Edit] See also
Egypt's economy. Monastery of St. Catherine. [Edit] References
^ Egypt achieved high rank in the global tourism competitiveness index ^ Alexandria Hotels Guide [Edit] External links
Egypt site for tourism. List of tourist sites and tourism companies in Egypt and the pictures of tourist sites. Tourism in Egypt - the most important and most famous tourist sites in Egypt, images, video, and comprehensive reports. Much competition between the resorts of the Red Sea and the North Coast in Egypt, Journal of the Middle East. P · n · v Egypt topics History Ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom - Middle Kingdom - the modern state) · Persian · Testament Testament Testament Greek Ptolemaic · · Roman Christian era · · the Arab Islamic conquest of the Covenant of the Islamic Mamluk · · · Ottoman Dynasty upper · the republican era
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