On August 28, Rania el Mashat, minister, tourism, Egypt, revealed a new plan to promote Egypt's tourist destinations through organising entertainment events around the year.

Amr Lotfi, chief executive, official Hajj mission, recently confirmed all the Egyptian pilgrims had reached Arafat Mount.

EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineering Company, one of the subsidiaries of EgyptAir Holding Company, signed a contract with Ghana’s Ministry of Civil Aviation to establish a technical service centre for airlines operating from and to Kotoka International Airport in Accra, the capital of Ghana.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) data showed that Egypt's revenues from tourism jumped by 155.2 percent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period of 2016-2017.