{"id":94691962,"date":"2011-02-09T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/egypt-tourism-authority-expects-speedy-recovery-following-political-turmoil\/"},"modified":"2011-02-09T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T14:40:00","slug":"egypt-tourism-authority-expects-speedy-recovery-following-political-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/egypt-tourism-authority-expects-speedy-recovery-following-political-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Tourism Authority Expects Speedy Recovery Following Political Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2011\/2\/Tourists_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_6.jpg\" alt=\"Tourists at the Temple of Hatshepsut (Image: Wikimedia) \" title=\"Tourists at the Temple of Hatshepsut (Image: Wikimedia) \" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>Will the new political diologue make Egypt more appealing to tourists? <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nOfficials from the Egypt Tourist Authority expect the Egyptian tourism industry to recover quickly from the turmoil currently engulfing the nation.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nElSayed Khalifa, consul-director of the ETA in New York, admitted recently that there has been a &ldquo;mass departure of tourists&rdquo; from the country but was quick to point out that not a single tourist was hurt during the mass protests in Cairo and elsewhere.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nKhalifa believes that when all is said and done, Egypt will rise out of this crisis stronger than ever.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added that the political dialogue now taking place in Egypt will make it a more appealing destination for travelers in the near future.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLast year, Egypt&rsquo;s tourism industry enjoyed $11 billion in revenue and welcomed a record 14.7 million foreigners from all over the globe.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.breakingtravelnews.com\/news\/article\/egypt-tourist-authority-predicts-quick-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\"> BTN <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Will the new political diologue make Egypt more appealing to tourists? &nbsp; Officials from the Egypt Tourist Authority expect the Egyptian tourism industry to recover quickly from the turmoil currently engulfing the nation.&nbsp; &nbsp; ElSayed Khalifa, consul-director of the ETA in New York, admitted recently that there has been a &ldquo;mass departure of tourists&rdquo; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94691962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94691962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94691962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94691962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94691962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94691962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94691962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}