The Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority, in cooperation and coordination with the Outbound Tourism Committee of the Chamber of Tourism Companies, called for a meeting of the committee chaired by Karim El-Minabawy, a member of the Chamber's board, in the presence of Dr. Ahmed Youssef, head of the Tourism Promotion Authority, Dr. Nader El-Beblawy, head of the Chamber of Companies, the Authority's leaders and all members of the Chamber's Outbound Tourism Committee. A number of representatives of the largest companies bringing tourist traffic to Egypt's various destinations were also invited.
This comes as part of intensifying cooperation between the government and the private tourism sector to discuss the current regional and global situation and how to limit its impact on tourism in the region in general, and especially inbound tourism to Egypt, in an effort to enrich the discussions and come up with strong recommendations that benefit Egyptian tourism.
Committee members praised the government's attention, communication and coordination with the tourism sector to get through the current crisis. The meeting saw discussions on the current situation and how to overcome it, and a set of proposals to be submitted to the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities was agreed, including the following:
Travel companies organize various leisure trips for tourists and make short films showing how much they enjoy their tour programs in Egypt.
Live broadcasts from various tourist, leisure and hotel locations showing tourists' usual daily programs at various tourist sites in Egypt.
Recording short messages from various groups of tourists about their assessment of their trips, their stay in Egypt and their enjoyment there.
The Tourism Promotion Authority and travel companies promote this filmed material around the world in all forms of media.
Agreeing to focus on organizing various events at several tourist and archaeological sites in Egypt and promoting them strongly, with some including global celebrities and social media stars, especially from Egypt's main source markets.
In this context, the head of the Tourism Promotion Authority stated that several events are already planned over the next two months, and they will be strongly promoted and given intensive media coverage.
The meeting's recommendations also included that the Tourism Promotion Authority invite, in the coming period, as many journalists, influencers and bloggers as possible from several countries to visit Egypt's tourist areas, experience them alongside tourists and write about what they found and felt during those visits.
