Egypt to launch campaign to entice tourists

CAIRO - Egypt will carry out a promotion campaign to attract more Chinese tourists to the monument-rich Arab country, the Egyptian tourism minister said on Wednesday before flying to Beijing for an economic forum.

"The Chinese market is one of the important and promising tourist markets that the ministry seeks to attract," said Egyptian Tourism Minister Dalia al-Mashat, according to a statement by her ministry.

Mashat headed to Beijing earlier in the day to attend Bloomberg's New Economy Forum held from Nov 20 to 22. The minister said she was invited to the forum "to present the successful experience of Egypt's tourism sector".