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Badr says that Chinese visitors tend to flock to Luxor as an important historical and cultural destination, and the governorate is working to cater to these tourists by adding street signs in Chinese, among other measures. Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed had <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/09\/05\/el-sisi-at-the-brics-summit\/\">said earlier this month<\/a> that negotiations are underway to increase air traffic between China and Egypt. The central tourism authority in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region had also signed an MoU with the Egyptian Tourism Authority to work together to boost tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt is banking on China to significantly boost its tourism industry, particularly as Chinese tourists have begun visiting Egypt in larger numbers since President Xi Jinping\u2019s visit last year, Luxor Governor Mohamed Badr tells Xinhua. 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