Egypt’s tourism minister came to Dubai last week to persuade Arab tourists to lead the returning stream of visitors to his ancient land. Instead, he was reminded of the all too modern realities of regional politics.
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour aims to revive Egypt’s economic fortunes by bringing tourist numbers back to 2010 levels. He is organising cultural festivals during the summer to try to lure Gulf tourists, who since last year’s revolution have been choosing holidays in safer destinations such as Turkey and Dubai itself.
But Saudi Arabia over the previous weekend had closed its embassy in Cairo, after protests over the kingdom’s arrest of an Egyptian human rights lawyer in Jeddah.
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