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Aswan has been named the Developing-8 (D-8) Organisation for Economic Cooperation’s Tourism City of the Year for 2026 after securing the highest number of votes from member states on Monday, 2 February. Founded in 1997, the D-8 Organisation promotes economic cooperation among its members across several sectors, including tourism. The group includes Egypt, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey, representing a combined population of more than 1.2 billion people. The southern Egyptian city won the title for…