Egypt
Egypt won the Gold Award for culture and heritage at the 25th annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards on 4 November, voted by readers of the British magazine, as the country courts record tourism. Ahmed Yousry, chief executive of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board, accepted the prize at the Painted Hall in Greenwich. About 500 travel executives attended the ceremony. More than 250,000 readers cast a record 8.2 million votes, according to Wanderlust. The magazine said the Grand Egyptian Museum newly…
