Monday, February 06, 2006

Out of the Red

http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6362
An article about the future of contribution of China to the Egyptian economy, with a large chunk on Chinese tourism, and the challenges that it presents: "Speakers of most European languages or even Russian speakers can go to nearly any tourist site in Egypt and find someone there who speaks their language. The same cannot be said for Mandarin, much less other Chinese dialects. Bringing their own tour guides may simply be a necessity: Serious students of Egyptology who speak any Chinese dialect are a rare commodity, though many companies are working hard to fill the gap . . . . Looking forward, the impact of the growing Chinese market on the tourism economy is based purely on speculation, but the importance of tourism to the overall Egyptian economy is no secret. As long as the number of Chinese tourists traveling abroad continues to grow, El-Khadem is certain that the numbers visiting Egypt will also climb also."

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