By Akram Medhat
A group of Egyptian tourism companies is preparing to launch trip programme offers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, run by an alliance of 7 companies under the name "Viva Egypt", to attend the Egyptian national team's group-stage matches against Uruguay, Russia and Saudi Arabia between June 15 and 25 next year.
Hassan Samy, general manager of Alpha Travel Egypt, one of the alliance companies running the programmes, revealed in an exclusive statement to Travel Yalla News the alliance's members: Alpha Travel Egypt, Travel Choice, Abou Seif Tourism, New City, Mam Tours, Cadmar Travel and Starco Tourism, which will announce trip programmes to Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Saint Petersburg and Volgograd.
Samy said various World Cup trip programmes have been created to suit the choices of the national team's fans, with programmes to attend one match and return the same day, others for two matches or for all three matches, and they also offer different lengths of stay, some including leisure sightseeing tours.
Samy added that programme prices start at 37,000 and go up to 65,000 pounds, depending on several factors that make them up, namely the number of nights, the trip date, the number of matches to be attended, the hotel level, the means of domestic travel between the cities hosting the matches, and the programme details and whether it includes sightseeing tours.
The general manager of Alpha Travel Egypt pointed to a programme offered exclusively by the alliance, a one-day trip to attend any match the fan chooses, travelling and returning on the same day without accommodation, priced at 18,000 pounds.
Samy explained that, given the cost of the trip due to the long distances between the host cities, an agreement was reached with Banque Misr to allow trips to be paid in instalments, making it easier for fans wishing to travel to make the decision and enjoy the trip without the burden of providing the full amount to book any programme they choose.
The promotional campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia trip programmes is scheduled to begin through the alliance companies at the end of this week.
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