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Mahmoud...'Egypt is the ideal platform to support such initiatives'

Egypt Tourism Authority backs new youth-focused initiative

CAIRO, August 16, 2016

The Egyptian Tourism Authority has announced its sponsorship of the ‘Talking about our homelands’ initiative, which has been launched by the Council of Arab Youth Integrated Development under the auspices of the Arab League, in Cairo.

The initiative, which targets Arab youth, is also sponsored by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism.

As part of the move, youngsters were invited to participate and showcase their history and national symbols of their countries through various mediums of expression, portraying positive images about their home countries, and supporting Arab tourism by initiating an effective dialogue between Arab youth.

The initiative is meant to complement the Youth Council programmes, which aims to fight intellectual extremism.

Commenting on the launch, Samy Mahmoud, chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Authority, said: "Choosing Egypt to launch this great initiative is a source of pride for us as Egyptians. Egypt has always been the cradle of history in the region, so it is an ideal platform to revive and support such initiatives dealing with general youth issues and to support the national tourism in particular.

Within this initiative we will witness the launch of another section called the “Arab youth for the love of Egypt", which aims to promote tourism and encourage Arab youth to visit Egypt and spend their holidays there. This is done by introducing them to the most important tourist and archaeological attractions that suit their interests.

Under the ‘Talking about our homelands’ programme, 150 young Arab participants will go on a journey to visit five Egyptian governorates that are renowned for their history and culture, which will be documented and showcased during the closing ceremony. Participants will showcase their best work during the ceremony and the winner will be presented with the "Arab Youth Council Award for integrated development” award, which is being held for the 10th year. - TradeArabia News Service
 




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