By Akram Medhat
Minister of Tourism Yehia Rashed held a number of important professional and media meetings today as part of his participation in the TTG Incontri tourism fair being held in the Italian city of Rimini, most notably with representatives of tour operator TUI Italia, who announced that Egypt is one of their important tourist destinations and that their trips to Marsa Alam have not stopped. They noted that the current winter season is seeing an increase in the number of tourists to Sharm El-Sheikh.
TUI stressed that it is paying great attention to the Holy Family Trail product and that it will start promoting it at the beginning of 2018 on the company's online booking website.
Rashed also met with the commercial director of Air Cairo, and it was agreed to operate a regular weekly flight from Milan, Italy, to Sharm El-Sheikh, with the first flight on October 29 this month, and a weekly flight from Milan to Marsa Alam starting next December 3, for the first time after a two-year halt in scheduled flights.
During his meeting with representatives of tour operators Alpitour and Francorosso, the discussion touched on the importance of increasing tourist traffic to Sharm El-Sheikh in the winter season.
For his part, Emad Fathy, Tourism Counselor in Italy, said that the Egyptian pavilion at the fair covers an area of 100 square meters, and that a room in it has been equipped with virtual reality technology so that tourists can discover Egypt's most beautiful tourist areas by browsing an electronic book.
It is worth noting that the TTG Incontri fair in the Italian city of Rimini began today and ends on October 14 this month. The fair draws more than 60,000 visitors, professionals specializing in the tourism sector, coming from about 130 countries around the world.
