TRAVEL SERVICES GUIDELINE (Hotel accommodation Airline Optional Tours Entry Visa Stamp Meet and Assist)
Hotel Accommodation Hotel SGL DBL Hotel Steigenberger "Al Dau" 5* Superior Category Meeting Venue $ 150 $ 180 Hotel Steigenberger "Aqua" 5* Standard Category, 5 min. walking to Venue $ 120 $150 Hotel Continental 5* Standard Category, 10 min. walking to Venue $ 100 $ 120 Hotel Hilton Resort 5* Standard Category, 10 min. walking to Venue $ 95 $ 110 Airline International and Domestic available schedule flight Oct.,2018 PEK = Bijine CAI = Cairo HRG = Hurghada International flight PEK CAI PEK PEK CAI : 3 times / week Tues, Thu, Sat Departure 00:30 / Arrival 05:25 CAI PEK : 3 times / week Tues, Thu, Sun Departure 23:50 / Arrival 15:20 + 1 Domestic Flight CAI HRG CAI Available schedule flight on 16 Oct., Cai Hrg 5 flights / a day duration ~ 1 hour Departures : 11:00, 12:30, 14:20, 17:00, 22:40 Available schedule flight on 21 Oct., Hrg Cai 5 flights / a day duration ~ 1 hour Departures : 05:30, 08:35, 11:00, 12:50, 15:55,
Optional Tours Hurghada _ Red Sea & Luxor Super Safari ( Bedouin dinner) *Trip duration: 12:00 Pm 08:00 Pm * Trip Price / Person: 45$ Description: Escape into the Egyptian desert on an 8 and experience a Bedouin BBQ in the sand. Navigate arid plains on a 1 hour drive into the wilderness and continue on foot into rolling terrain; meet Bedouin people in their ancestral territory, get a glimpse of local life then watch the sun set into the desert as you eat a traditional BBQ dinner. * Trip Including: Transfer Dissert Coat Camel riding Dinner Oriental show Local Guide. Alf Lela w Lela *Trip duration: 07:00 Pm 10:00 Pm *Trip Price / Person: 30$ Spend an enjoyable evening at an Arabian Night Show that features light, sound, and dance. Learn about Egyptian civilization as you re entertained by belly dance, tanoura, and folkloric dance shows, all in a specially designed theatrical setting. * Trip Including: Transfer Entrance ticket Local Guide. Giftun Island Mahmya Beach * Trip duration: 08:00 Am 04:00 Pm *Trip Price / Person: 40$ Experience the full beauty of the Red Sea on land and sea with a full day boat trip to Giftun Island from Hurghada. Cruise to this island National Park, and enjoy the day at Mahmya beach, a vision of white sands and turquoise waters. Sunbathe, swim and snorkel from the sands, and join a boat trip to stunning nearby reefs for more snorkeling. Buffet lunch, beach activities, and hotel pickup and drop off included. *Trip Including: Transfer Boat rent Snorkeling equipment Local guide lunch. Submarine Hurghada * Trip Duration: 09:00 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 01:00 pm * Trip Price / person: 55$ Get under water without ever getting wet on this Submarine tour from Hurghada. Spend unforgettable minutes under the great blue waves aboard a Sinbad Submarine. Impressive windows designed specifically for viewing insure travelers experience the beauty of coral reefs, tropical fish and marine life up close on this magical and unforgettable journey into the deep. *Trip Including: Transfer Submarine Ticket certificate.
City Tours *Trip Duration: 04:00 Pm 07:00 Pm *Trip Price / person: 25$ Experience the sights of Hurghada on this 4 hour private tour. Traveling between the sites, visit the beautiful Big Mosque, Church of St Mary. As you explore, enjoy entertaining commentary from your private guide to get a flavor of life and culture in the city. * Trip Including: Transfer new Marina Free time downtown Oriental café Oriental drink Local guide. Over Day Luxor *Duration: from 06:00 am till 09:00 pm * Trip price for one person: 95$ Luxor Temple The temple was built by Amenhotep III (1390 52 BC) but completed by Tutankhamun (1336 27 BC) and Horemheb (1323 1295 BC) and then added to by Rameses II (1279 13 BC). Toward the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great (332 305 BC). Karnak Temple The Temple of Karnak is the largest Temple in the World! The complex contains a group of Temples such as the Great Temple of Amon Ra, The Temple of Khonso, The Ipt Temple, The Temple of Ptah, the Temple of Montho and the Temple of the God Osiris. A 20m high, mud brick enclosure wall, surrounded all of these buildings. Valley of the Kings The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs the Valley of the Kings lies on the Nile's west bank near Luxor. During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539 1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and other elites of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties. * Trip Including: transfer Luxor temple Valley of the Kings The Temple of Karnak Lunch Local Guide All Entrance fees Note : above Optional Tours Minimum number to operate any tours from above is 5 Person. All tours including local guide "English language", upon request for other language, please call IAPA 19 office in charge for quotation
Egypt VISA on arrival An Egypt visa is required for most travelers including Chinese, American and British passport holders. You can obtain an Egypt visa on arrival at the Cairo International airport at the bank before the immigration counters for $25 USD and are valid for visits up to 30 days. You could also get an Egypt Visa prior to traveling to Egypt online. We suggest arranging this with Visa HQ online... prefer to contact nearest Egyptian Embassy. Arrival / Departure Meet and Assist Transit and Great Meet and assist at the airport with the sign and local guide from the passport control area helping with the visa stamp from the bank, pick up the luggage. then to bus. Group Service min 10 persons ( fee per person $3 ) Individual Service is (15$ per one person ) Hurghada : round Trip transfer from airport hotel ( Steigenberger Hilton Continental ) ($ 30 per person) excluding meet and assist if needed. Read about tourism exchange in Egypt
A look at the Egyptian world tourist exchange More European tourists visited Egypt this year. A recent report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed that Europe sent the largest number of tourists to Egypt in July 2017, with around 418,000 visiting the country. In December 2017, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov and Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi signed a cooperation agreement on civil aviation security in preparation for the resumption of flights between the two countries. And an info graphic made by Russia Today revealed that 300,000 Russian tourists will arrive in Egypt in the initial period following the lifting of direct flights set to come into effect in February 2018. In the year, 2017, Egypt's promotional campaign has won the best Tourism Promotional Video in the Middle East at the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) in China, beating out 63 other contestants. According to the importance of the Chinese tourism market, it was one of the Egyptian government main targets, the Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said that negotiations were underway to put on three additional flights a week between Cairo and Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, in addition to increasing air traffic from China to the Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts. The tourism authority in the Chinese Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region also signed an agreement with the Egyptian Tourism Authority in September 2017 that should see both sides cooperate to boost tourism. The increase in the number of flights and the diversity of means of transportation between China and the Arab world have also contributed to the surge in the number of Chinese tourists heading to visit Arab destinations. Flights from Guangzhou in southern China to Cairo increased since July 2016 to seven flights per week. Aside from increasing flights, the Egyptian government is facilitating visa procedures for the Chinese citizens, and is now considering issuing e tourism visas for Chinese tourists. All these facilitations led to the number of Chinese tourists coming to Egypt increasing by 94% during the year 2017, compared to the same period in the year 2016. According to statistics issued by the Egyptian Embassy in Beijing, during the first five months of the year, 2017, Chinese tourists visiting Egypt reached 150 thousand. Up until last May,18 thousand Chinese tourist visited Egypt which makes China the fourth largest source for tourists in Egypt. Above notes / view are based on an article stated in Egypt today website https://www.egypttoday.com/article/9/29017/how Egyptian tourism bodes in 2017 https://www.egypttoday.com/article/9/17536/chinese tourists to Egypt increased by 94 in 2017
About Hurgada Hurghada, where the IAPA 2018 conference will take place in became one of the significant centers for important events such as: The inaugural edition of the El Gouna Film Festival took place in September 2017 in" El Gouna" the marvelous Egyptian Red Sea resort. From its very first edition, the festival was an unmissable annual rendezvous for film professionals and film lovers from Egypt, the Arabic countries, and indeed from all over the world. www.elgounafilmfestival.com El Gouna international squash open world series where athletes from Egypt, Australia, France, England, Germany, Mexico, Spain, Peru, Hong Kong, Wales, Malaysia, India and New Zealand competed against each other http://www.squashsite.co.uk/elgouna/