By Akram Medhat
The general assembly of the Chamber of Tourism Companies, held yesterday, called on the administrative authority, represented by the Ministry of Tourism, to announce a plan with set dates for the current Umrah season, including operating trips starting next January.
The ordinary general assembly was held under the chairmanship of Dr. Nader El-Beblawy, head of the caretaker committee of the Chamber of Tourism Companies, and attended by Mohamed Shaalan, First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Tourism and head of the Tourism Companies and Tour Guides Sector, and the Ministry of Tourism's legal adviser Omar El-Awady, to approve the final budget for the 2016/2017 fiscal year and discuss a number of issues of current concern to the sector.
The assembly also called on the Ministry of Tourism to reconsider the penalties issued against companies by reducing or cancelling them, in proportion to the size of the violation, through a committee on which the chamber is represented.
It was agreed to begin taking the necessary legal procedures to hold an extraordinary general assembly meeting on January 3, to discuss approving the chamber's estimated budget for the 2017/2018 fiscal year and to examine the response of the administrative authority, represented by the Ministry of Tourism, to the requests of the ordinary general assembly.
