Egypt’s Tourism Authority (ETA) will move forward next week with the launch of its tourism campaign in Italy to attract Italian visitors to Egypt, Al-Borsa reported. The campaign will be carried out online and will rely mostly on social media platforms. The ETA had decided in February to suspend the campaign in Italy for one month, pending the results of the investigation into the murder of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni. Although the case remains open almost two months later, Egypt has decided to “ignore the mounting tensions” between Egypt and Italy as a result of the unsolved Regeni case and proceed with the campaign launch. On Tuesday, Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni told his country’s parliament that Italy would take “immediate and proportionate” measures against Egypt if the latter failed to cooperate in revealing the truth about Regeni’s murder. Last month, Egyptian authorities claimed that a “gang” specializing in kidnapping and scamming foreigners while posing as policemen was responsible for the murder of the Italian student. Italian investigators rejected the claims, saying there are “inconsistencies” in Egypt’s narrative of the events. The ETA’s decision also comes days after Italian nongovernmental organization…
Egypt to Launch Tourism Campaign in Italy Despite Unsolved Regeni Case
April 7, 2016
