Egypt minister attributes tourism decline to bloodshed

4fcccabf-33f5-4459-a6e9-39cf47bf7c65Egypt’s Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said on Tuesday that tourism is suffering a setback due to political unrest, adding that the situation is not good in comparison to previous rates. “The images portraying bloodshed and violence, specifically in the sit-in areas of loyalists to deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, have severe impacts on tourism,” Zazou said in a televised interview as reported by the state news agency. He said that during the upcoming days he would present a new strategy to boost tourism in the near future, adding that he is currently contacting foreign embassies to remove the travel ban on Egypt through maintaining that it is a safe country. This content is from : Aswat Masriya

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