People go to Egypt for many different reasons and for many different types of
vacations. And vacations to Egypt do not have to follow a specific type of travel, as
many visitors mix and match various types of travel. The classic tour of Egypt is
mostly including some religious and Islamic sightseeing. The most common classic
tour is usually 10 to 14 days, and generally includes Cairo, Luxor and As
wan, though
not particularly in that order.7
The tour usually begins in Cairo because most tourists enter Egypt from Cairo
airport. Egyptian tour might visit the Giza Pyramids and the historical sites around
Cairo on the first day or second day. Then, tours often move on to Luxor or Aswan,
usually by train or bus. Luxor is often arranged two day tour to visit West Bank, next
day will visit East Bank where the Luxor and Kamak temples are located. After
traveling Luxor will visit Aswan may include Elephantine Island, the High Dam and
Philae Island. If the time permit you may bus to Abu Simbel, possibly with a stay in a
local hotel there.8
Because the traveling destinations spread in Egypt, the demanding of hotel is
getting incr4ease. According to the Table 3 and Chart 19 provide information on the
number of hotels, tourist villages (including the number of rooms in them), the
number of tourists and tourist nights in Egypt for the years 1981/1982 and 2000/2001,
we can see the number has been increase twice. Chairman of the Egyptian Tourist
Authority Ahmed A1 Khadem announced that about 7.5 million tourists visited Egypt
from January to November 2004 and figures showed that the number is expected to (read less)
