Reporting by Nariman Amr AboulMagd & Mohamed Khairat For the past three years, Egypt’s ancient and extraordinary tourist locales have been referred to as ‘ghost towns.’ While Egypt’s Minister of Tourism announced on Tuesday that the country has seen the most tourists in three years during the summer month of August, questions remain whether enough is being done to tackle the various issues tourists face once they arrive at Cairo International Airport. For many in the tourism industry, the first step to rebuilding Egypt as one of the world’s top tourist destinations requires starting fresh. At least that is what was seen at the Corporate Travel Market exhibition held at Cairo’s International Convention Centre as the country’s first exhibition for corporate travel. “Firstly, we need to forget about the past three years, let it go and start fresh, embracing what we have and taking back what we’ve lost,” said Mohamed Hanno, Executive Chairman and CEO of ASE Group in an interview with Egyptian Streets at the Corporate Travel Market exhibition in September. “Secondly, we must go to the people, interact and network, not wait for them to come to us,…
