Egypt Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Tourism === {{Main|Tourism in Egypt}} [[File:Camel and the pyramids.jpg|thumb|Tourists riding an [[Arabian camel]] in front of [[Pyramid of Khafre]]. The [[Giza Necropolis]] is one of Egypt's main tourist attractions.]] Tourism is one of the most important sectors in Egypt's economy. More than 12.8 million tourists visited Egypt in 2008, providing revenues of nearly $11 billion. The tourism sector employs about 12% of Egypt's workforce.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dziadosz |first=Alexander |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE59J0PG20091020 |title=Egypt tourism numbers to fall less than feared |publisher=[[Reuters]] Africa |date=20 October 2009 |access-date=8 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610030616/http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE59J0PG20091020 |archive-date=10 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou told industry professionals and reporters that tourism generated some $9.4 billion in 2012, a slight increase over the $9 billion seen in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last=Farouk |first=Dalia |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/61366/Business/Economy/Egypt-tourism-shows-little-recovery-in-.aspx |title=Egypt tourism shows little recovery in 2012 |publisher=Ahram Online |date=27 December 2012 |access-date=18 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713122537/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/61366/Business/Economy/Egypt-tourism-shows-little-recovery-in-.aspx |archive-date=13 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Giza Necropolis]] is one of Egypt's best-known tourist attractions; it is the only one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]] still in existence. Egypt's beaches on the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, which extend to over {{convert|3,000|km|abbr=off}}, are also popular tourist destinations; the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] beaches, [[Safaga]], [[Sharm el-Sheikh]], [[Hurghada]], [[Luxor]], [[Dahab]], [[Ras Sidr]] and [[Marsa Alam]] are popular sites. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page