Article: ECONOMY: EGYPT CASHES IN ON GULF ARAB TOURISTS

Cam McGrath
Inter Press Service English News Wire
08-06-2004
CAIRO, Aug. 5, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- Each summer as the temperature
soars, well-off Egyptians abandon their dusty capital and head to
a string of villas and beach resorts on the breezy Mediterranean
coast. Filling the void are thousands of Gulf Arab tourists who
flock to Cairo to escape the even more oppressive heat of the
Arabian Peninsula. They come with one just one goal -- to have a
certain kind of fun.
"Gulf Arabs are not interested in sightseeing like other
tourists," says Maged Radwan of Eastmar Travel. "They would rather
go to a big aquapark than the Pyramids or museums."
Arab visitors from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the smaller ...

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