Posted on 01/17/2012 5:28:35 AM PST by SJackson
January 15, 2012 Egypt: We respect beach tourism, says Brotherhood
We respect beach tourism, says Brotherhood Egypt Independent Sun, 15/01/2012 - 20:15
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/603016
Saying it wants to boost tourism, the Muslim Brotherhood has issued assurances that it will not seek to impose stringent restrictions on foreign tourists.
In a meeting on Sunday with members of the Egyptian Businessmen Association, Ahmed Suleiman, the head of the tourism committee at the Freedom and Justice Party, said that tourists would be free to wear, drink and eat what they want.
“We’re very sorry that tourism was affected after the revolution,” added Suleiman.
On Sunday, Tourism Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour said that revenues from tourism were US$8.8 billion in 2011, down from $12.5 billion in 2010.
Tourism accounted for more than a tenth of Egypt's gross domestic product before this year's upheaval. It employed an estimated eighth of the national workforce in a country of high unemployment.
“We intend to encourage cultural tourism alongside beach tourism,” he said, adding that the party also intends to bring out statues of Pharaohs that are kept in warehouses, and display them along the banks of the Nile in an open museum.
“And we will also promote medical and incentive tourism,” he said.
The success of Islamists in the parliamentary elections, in which they won nearly two thirds of seats, has raised concerns among liberals and businesses that an Islamist dominated parliament may seek to Islamize the country’s legal system.
Islamists have been under pressure to define their stances on a wide range of issues including “sin-free tourism,” where booze, bikinis and mixed bathing at beaches are disallowed.
They have sent contradictory messages, with some saying they respect people’s personal freedom, while others have argued that foreign tourists should learn to abide by the rules of an Islamic country if they choose to visit.
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sin-free tourism, sounds like a winner
Bring your own camel, leave the wife behind, put your rump in the air five times a day, have your 6 year old daughter betrothed to a pedophile, and offer to wear a suicide vest to a Jewish market. Tourism is going to soar!
Egypt’s new slogan:
Tourism that’s not in Egypt.
Stays not in Egypt.
Me too.
Apparently a large percentage of potential tourists have decide that risking rape or murder to be able to see the pyramids just isn't worth it. What a surprise.
What happens in Egypt extends to the rest of the caliphate.
Maybe I could book a Carnival cruise for a vacation to Egypt. What could possibly go wrong?
You have to wonder what that is costing in loss of tourism revenue
I have an idea ... commit a felony and after all the trial bullshit and you're "at your destination" ... enjoy conjugal visits !
Oh, muslims can be very open-minded about certain money-making ventures. Tourism. Opium. Sex slave trade. You betcha.
That way it will be easier for the soldiers of allah to bomb them into rubble.
The Muslim Brotherhood do NOT want to give hints that their biggest supporter, America's FIRST MUSLIM PRESIDENT, is supporting Islamic terrorist worldwide.
Americans are the biggest FOOLS in history, they won't even consider that Obama is a traitor, a MUSLIM TROJAN HORSE doing everything he can to destroy America. Do YOU feel stupid yet? Probably not, you'll just laugh until it's too late to save yourself.
So Sharia law can be put aside for filthy lucre...
Pompeii was a wonderful experience.Our trip to Egypt was
cancelled last year.Our tour company said that no one is now
going to Egypt.
And there is the Muslim Brotherhood Chamber of Commerce chiming in.
It won’t cut much cheese with Western tourists, when the more ardent “true muslims” chime in with a few beach hotel car bombs, bus massacres, etc.
You couldn’t pay me to visit any part of the ummah.
You should book your cruise on the Achilles Laurel.
Make sure it has an Italian crew.
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