Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy met with Umid Shadiev, Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, to discuss ways to strengthen tourism cooperation between Egypt and Uzbekistan, increase two-way tourism and boost joint tourism promotion for the two countries.
This came during the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities' visit to the Belgian capital, Brussels, to take part in the annual meeting of the World Tourism Forum, held under the theme "Redefining Tourism in a Changing World" on October 20 and 21 this month.
For his part, the head of Uzbekistan's Tourism Committee stressed that Egypt is an integrated tourist destination attracting all kinds of tourists from around the world, noting that the recent period has seen a rise in the number of Uzbek tourists arriving in Sharm El-Sheikh and Cairo.
He also invited the minister to take part in the Uzbekistan Tourism Fair, to be held from November 27 to 29 next month, when Central Asia Tourism Week will be held for the first time in the city of Samarkand.
The meeting was attended by Eng. Ahmed Youssef, Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Strategic Departments and Acting CEO of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority; Rana Gohar, Adviser to the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Communication and External Relations and General Supervisor of the General Department of International Relations and Agreements at the ministry; Mohamed Farag, Financial and Administrative Supervisor of the Tourist Office in Berlin, Germany, and the countries under its supervision; and Esraa Osama, Second Secretary at the Egyptian Embassy to the European Union, NATO, Belgium and Luxembourg.
