By Akram Medhat
Minutes before voting closed in the board elections of the Egyptian Tourism Federation, Travel Yalla News learned that the number of general assembly members who had cast their votes, representing the five tourism chambers, had reached 119 so far.
Nine candidates are competing for 6 seats: Ahmed El-Wassif, Nasser Turky, Mohamed El-Kattan, Mohamed Abdullah, Adel Abdel Razek, Ahmed El-Deiry, Waheed Assem, Heba Bakry and Hossam Mounir.
In this context, Hesham El-Shaer, a board member of the Chamber of Hotels, said in exclusive statements that turnout reached about 93%, for the first time in the federation's elections, noting that the total number of members eligible to vote is 129, including 125 members representing the five chambers in the federation's general assembly and 4 appointed by the Minister of Tourism.
Travel Yalla News learned that the number of general assembly members representing the Chamber of Tourism Companies who took part in the vote reached 30, their actual number, along with 33 of 35 from hotel establishments, 23 of 25 from tourist establishments, 14 of 15 from tourist goods and antiques, and 19 of 20 from diving and water sports.
