Egypt to combine cultural and recreational tourism in new program -minister

The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry will roll out a new ‘Come to Egypt’ tourist program that combines cultural, beach and entertainment tourism, Al Mal quoted Tourism Khaled El Anany as saying. Flights linking Luxor to Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, and Marsa Alam would enable visitors to visit multiple sites across Egypt over the course of a week, creating new internal flight routes. The ministry aims to have the plan in place before the ITB Berlin Travel convention takes place in March, the minister said.