India and Egypt informed each other about investment opportunities that have become available in their respective countries in the tourism sector. India and Egypt have agreed to strengthen their tourism and cultural ties, agreeing upon establishing a program to exchange visits of tour operators and travel media to motivate consumers in both countries to travel to the other country.
This was decided following a meeting between an Egyptian tourism delegation led by Egyptian Tourism Authority Chairman Amr El Egaby and India’s Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni in New Delhi. During the meeting, Egypt recommended twinning of the cities between India and Egypt as the two countries have many similarities on historical destinations. Minister Soni welcomed the idea and said to step forward in this direction profiles of different cities should be provided to each other to identify the right matches.
The two countries acknowledged that an increase in the flow of tourism would further enhance bilateral relations between the two countries. It was agreed that growing opportunities should be showcased to attract investments from the private stakeholders. Investments such as Egypt hotels and scenic spots for tourists to visit.
On his part, El Egaby appreciated India’s effort to spread social awareness about preservation and cleanliness of cities and historical monuments for domestic tourists. Egypt also expressed keenness on learning about conversion of forts and palaces into Heritage Hotels as done in India. He also offered Egyptian expertise in the field of monument preservation.
Soni recalling the age old historical and cultural relations between the two countries said there is a tremendous potential in India and Egypt to promote places of historical importance and tourist destinations in each other’s country. Both sides expressed willingness to assist national tourist offices (NTOs) of each other’s country in carrying out promotion and marketing activities to increase the tourism traffic between the two countries. Both the countries agreed to formulate an action plan for promotion and marketing of their destinations in each other’s country.
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