In a bid to boost its struggling tourism sector, Egypt’s second city of Alexandria will be hosting an international festival on World Tourism Day on Saturday next week. Hoping to highlight the city’s many sunken monuments that have been discovered along the Mediterranean coast, the event will be attended by a number of officials, foreign dignitaries and public figures, Ahram Online reports. Hundreds of lost treasures have been found in Alexandria’s coastal waters in recent years. In 2015, over 200 treasures from Ancient Egyptian times were excavated, which then were showcased at a six-month exhibition at the British Museum the same year. The festival in Alexandria next Saturday is organized by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the Alexandria Diving Company. Aiming to raise awareness about the city’s sunken treasures from Pharaonic and Roman times, festival organizer Ashraf Sabry established the diving company last year. The initial inauguration of the tourism festival was held on Wednesday and included an exhibition of handicrafts and Pharaonic and Roman statues, in addition to a children’s art workshop, local media reports. As the festival aims to showcase various artifacts recently unearthed from Cleopatra’s ancient…
International Festival of World Tourism to be Held in Alexandria Next Week
September 28, 2017
