Egyptian Tourist Authority launches new website
March 29, 2006 |
The new portal provides information on everything from Egypt's historical and cultural attractions through to its beaches and activity based holidays including diving, safaris, yachting and golfing.
The Egyptian Tourist Authority has today launched its new official website.
The new portal provides information on everything from Egypt’s historical and cultural attractions through to its beautiful beaches and activity based holidays including diving, safaris, yachting and golfing.
In addition, the site contains a news section with all the latest information on Egypt, a monthly events section highlighting all the main festivals and events taking place across the country through to the latest archaeological discoveries, such as the 3500 year old mummies found in Luxor.
The new site also provides visitors with travel information such as visa requirements and useful phone numbers ensuring each visitor has all the necessary information to plan an enjoyable stay in Egypt.
Visitors to the site can also access an interactive newsletter which provides further information for individual requests on places to visit and any other additional information that may not be available on the main site.
H.E. Mr. Zoheir Garranah, Minister for Tourism, commented, “Our new website provides a whole host of information on this exciting and diverse destination and will provide travellers with a one-stop resource for finding out more about the country. The new portal will also be instrumental in helping us to attract more visitors to the destination and ultimately reaching our goal of attracting 16 million visitors by 2014.
“The internet boom means the web has become increasingly important, with 54% of online travel shoppers beginning their travel research with an online travel agency and 37% of online shoppers beginning research at a travel supplier website.”
The new portal, available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Arabic is one of the key initiatives of Egypt’s new integrated marketing campaign designed to double the number of global visitors to Egypt by 2014.
The Egyptian Tourism Authority is also the first to pioneer the new ‘.travel’ domain name launched by Tralliance Corp, the .travel Registry. ‘.travel’ is exclusively for businesses, organizations and individuals in the travel industry.
Ron Andruff, President and CEO of Tralliance Corp, the .travel Registry, commends Egypt for taking a leadership role not only in their region but in the world: “Egypt is leading the way for the travel and tourism industry as it migrates to its own exclusive space on the internet.”
“One of the ultimate benefits of the .travel domain will be the huge increase in the level of travel and tourism business that will be generated online in the years and decades to come. Egypt’s new portal places all of their tourism assets in front of the global consumer audience,” added Andruff.
Related Link: egypt.travel
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