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News of Marsa Alam
Egypt military to open military airport for civilian use to increase tourism
Egypt's ruling military council has approved a decision to convert a military airport into a civilian airport, according to Tarek Saad, the chairman of the executive body of the national commission for tourism development. This decision to open Ras Banaas to civilian use was made to enhance the (...)

28 - 08 - 2011
Dive sites
Abil Gaffer : The pyramid-shaped reef offers a most unusual site as its sides are covered in corals. Diversity of marine life is awe-inspiring. Huge schools of barracuda. Abu Dabab : A collection of seven reefs with many swim-throughs and caves and frequent shark sightings on the southern outer (...)

30 - 06 - 2005
Snap shot
OPEN your eyes! To crystal blue waters embracing pure white sand, to a flock of quacking seagulls chanting the immortal anthem of nature. Where? Follow Mohamed El-Hebeishy 's gaze Wadi Al-Gemal Island is the name of an out-of-this-universe marvel in the middle of the Red Sea. Along with the Hamata (...)

02 - 12 - 2004
Restaurant review: The secret d'cuisine
Restaurant review: The secret d'cuisine It's all about garlic, olive oil and spices, Jailan Halawi finds out Have you ever been on a strict diet for months, after which you proudly feel the change of shape in all your clothes, when everybody, to your delight, tells you how obviously you've lost (...)

03 - 05 - 2012
Tourism and media conference tackles general development
Cairo - The second UNWTO International Conference on Tourism and Media continued yesterday in the Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam with the participants focusing on how the media could support tourism in these difficult times. The participants of the conference, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism (...)

28 - 04 - 2012
Endangered turtle saved in Red Sea governorate
The Red Sea reserves authority saved an endangered turtle Monday from death north of Marsa Alam, Red Sea governorate. Environmental researcher and chief of Marsa Alam natural reserves Ahmed Shawky said he received a report about a turtle in a state of fatigue found in Wadi Shagara in Marsa (...)

19 - 03 - 2012
Workers continue to protest at Sukari gold mine
The Sukari Gold Mine, Egypt's largest and oldest, has been witnessing numerous acts of labor unrest amidst allegations of corruption, smuggling and other controversies. Located in the southeast of the country some 30 km away from the Red Sea City of Marsa Alam, this massive gold-mining project has (...)

07 - 02 - 2012
Russian travel agencies threaten to suspend flights to Marsa Alam
Russian travel agencies threatened to suspend their charter flights to Egypt due to the increasing fees of landing in Marsa Alam Airport, which caused increasing losses for these agencies. Regional Manager of Balbaa Group Saad Ateya said the Russian travel agencies that organize tourism flights (...)

08 - 12 - 2011
Important news to read about IMMOWORLD UK LIMITED
Our reference: Date: On 2011 At the request of Mr. / the legal representative of Messrs. IMMOWORLD UK LIMITED, having their seat in the Arabic Republic of Egypt, Shalakany Office for Legal Consultation and Advocacy (Dr. Ali Abdulfattah Shalakany & Coll.), 12 Muhammad Al-Mar'ashli-Street, Zamalik, (...)

07 - 09 - 2011
First suspected case of E. coli in Egypt
A health ministry source said the first suspected case of E. coli infection in Egypt has been detected in the Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam Tuesday. The source, who preferred not to reveal his name, said the suspected patient is a German who travelled to Marsa Alam for fishing and diving (...)

07 - 06 - 2011
Egypt investigates gold smuggling during Revolution
Egypt's public prosecutor has begun preliminary investigations into the smuggling of large quantities of Egyptian gold from the Sukkari mine to foreign companies during Egypt's January 25 Revolution. The probe comes after investigations revealed that an Australian gold mining company was (...)

04 - 06 - 2011
Holidays help to boost tourism in Egypt
The undersecretary for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, Ahmed Attia, has revealed that occupancy rates in hotels in the Red sea resorts of Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada and Marsa Alam have risen to more than 51 per cent. This he put down to Egyptians spending the spring holiday in the coastal (...)

25 - 04 - 2011
Al-Kharafi passes away
CLIENTS heading to have their lunch last week at KFC, TGI Friday's or Fish Market, or to grab their latte from one of Egypt's Costa outlets and follow that with a frozen yoghurt from Baskin Robbins, were received by closed doors. The American food chains were closed as Nasser Al-Kharafi, the owner (...)

21 - 04 - 2011
Strike reduces production in Egypt''s largest gold mine
About 300 laborers in Sukari gold mine near the southern Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam decided to embark on hunger strike last Saturday. They attributed the strike to poor salaries, increased working hours, wrongdoings by company officials, and the fact that the company failed to sign (...)

19 - 02 - 2011
Divers take to the water days after shark attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh--One day after the South Sinai Governorate banned diving in Sharm el-Sheikh, the city--considered one of the main diving centers in the world--cut a somber figure. Many tourists were saddened to lose the opportunity to dive in one of the most captivating and famous diving spots in (...)

11 - 12 - 2010
US$350 million lost this year due to decline in desert tourism
!--Session data-- Mahmoud al-Qaysouni, advisor to the Minister of Tourism, revealed that there had been a 35 percent fall in tourism to desert sites, costing around US$350 million in lost revenue since the beginning of the current year in comparison with last year. In 2009 desert tourism brought in (...)

31 - 10 - 2010
The Samadai Story
MARSA ALLAM, Egypt: You come home from work, kick back and sleep. Your sheets are fresh, your bed is king-sized and you only wake up hours later, voluntarily. Now imagine a similar yet different scenario. You are trying to sleep, and every time you begin to rest and relax, a large group of noisy (...)

04 - 06 - 2010
Saying farewell to the south
We did not want to wake up that morning. We knew it was our last in Shalateen, and we would soon be leaving. Our motivation to prepare our belongings faded and the will to get going disappeared. We dragged our bags to the car and spent more time than needed arranging them, desperately looking for (...)

19 - 05 - 2010
Striking gold
By Samir Sobhi Egypt used to produce gold in ancient times, as we all know. But gold mining in Egypt subsided over the years. Not anymore. For years now, geologists have been busy searching for gold in the south of Marsa Alam in the Red Sea. But recently they found rich mines at Gabal Al-Sokkari, (...)

18 - 02 - 2010
Sand-baked faces
Injy El-Kashef relishes an encounter between brush strokes and Egypt's unfamiliar tribes photos: Mohamed Wassim In an unprecedented initiative among private art galleries, eight local artists set up a workshop in the heart of the southeastern desert, in the national park of Wadi Al-Gemal in Marsa (...)

24 - 12 - 2009
Nuclear station location to be announced late December
CAIRO: Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Ahmed Younis announced Sunday that the location for the first nuclear energy station in Egypt will be decided at the end of this month. Yassin Ibrahim, head of Nuclear Power Plants Authority, said that El-Daba'a station is fully prepared to act as (...)

13 - 12 - 2009
Destination: Beyoncé
The in-flight entertainment for Friday's charter flights did a lot more than get passengers hyped up about their travel plans, it prepped them for their destination: Beyoncé. With monitors displaying a live Beyoncé show and her songs blaring through the speakers, concertgoers were jetted off to (...)

08 - 11 - 2009
Differences erupt in an international conference on climate change
Sharp differences have cropped up between representatives of participant countries in the four-day "International Conference for Ozone" held in the Marsa Alam city in Red Sea governorate. Delegates including experts and scientists representing 160 countries were locked at loggerheads in the (...)

07 - 11 - 2009
Tribes triumphant
Owing to the conjunction of an educational-environ mental NGO and a pioneering eco-tourism company -- respectively, the Wadi Environmental Science Centre and Fustat Wadi Al-Gemal -- the Eastern Desert wildlife protectorate of Wadi Al-Gemal, near Marsa Alam off the Red Sea coast, was witness to what (...)

05 - 11 - 2009
Exploring Marsa Alam
Desert or sea? Both. Car or plane? Car. Hotel reservation? No, tents. Destination? Marsa Alam. Planning my holidays has always been spontaneous. Within Egypt, I consider myself well-traveled. Over the years, along with a few friends, I have developed a penchant for everything that is (...)

23 - 10 - 2009
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