READER COMMENTS

There are a lot of problems affecting the tourism sector because the Islamists want control over the State. They want to draw a new approach and want to impose too many restrictions on the tourists. That will not be approved by those who come to Egypt. Over thirty years, Egypt has been the first tourist country with tourists coming from everywhere for the purpose of entertaining themselves and visiting historical monuments. Today, there are many states that gave warning to their citizens about travelling to Egypt due to the fear of what could happen to them in the hands of the Islamists and particularly that the Egyptians themselves suffer from these prohibition and restriction of freedom. Citizens in Egypt will not accept that those regulations would intervene in their affairs, as everyone is responsible for himself and no one can be tied up as long as we respect the law. The tourism in the coming period will suffer from the worst period in history since many tourists who used to come to Egypt every year will change their destinations. They want entertainment in a secure state that respects human rights and not a state that imposes restrictions on the people. The coming period in Egypt will have a lot of differences and things can develop into a disaster if the current system works on a process to what the Egyptians are used to. No one can disagree with the implementation of the prescribed penalty but it must be according to the orders of Allah. There should not be a religious authority controlling the destinies of the people. The religious state should also not intervene in the political affairs because we may fall into a great risk that we cannot avoid in the future.

The relations between Egypt and these countries should be activated, especially after the succession of the new Egyptian President. In fact, these are the basic measures to activate the security services and to restore the stability of the country. In Egypt, there was a bitter competition in the presidential elections which could cost the country bigger problems. The conflict is attributable to the thirst of some parties to succeed to power. Fortunately, the situation and everything will calm down after the succession of the new President. Everything will change and the tourist sector will prosper again. The Egyptians as a whole must preserve the historical and archaeological sites. They must also improve their behavior in order to convince the world that Egypt is truly a safe and secure country and that the recent events were limited in space and time. This is the role of every Egyptian and every lover of Egypt, including the tourists who have always been fascinated by the beauty and the charm of this country as well as its pleasant atmosphere both in summer and winter.

Tourism is one of the most important resources of the Egyptian economy and is one of the most important sources of income and the increase in the rate of growth. There are many opportunities to take advantage of, and with the arrival of the Islamists to power, we must respect the fact that Egypt is an Islamic state and that the Egyptian people are a moderate and a religious people. The tourist companies must respect the Islamic religious doctrine in Egyptian tourism.

There is no doubt that the sector of tourism in Egypt is not less important than industry and agriculture. In fact, the same thing applies to all the other countries. This sector plays an important role in the development of the economy of many nations all over the world. The economic development of the State of Egypt, in particular, depends on tourism. In fact, this sector has been an important pillar of the Egyptian economy for a long time. Tourism may be linked very heavily with the international and particularly the foreign trade. It contributes to the payment of General Budget of Egypt. Tourism revenues are used to eliminate the deficit of the General Budget of the Egyptian State. Besides, the Egyptian tourism is viewed as an effective way to gain foreign currency and to reduce the unemployment rates. It could even eliminate joblessness because this activity depends, above all, on the massive workforce. Thus, many countries are showing more and more attention to tourism. The State of Egypt sought to allocate large amounts of capital to develop investment in this field. Over the recent decades, the Egyptian tourism has become very competitive. Indeed, many countries are trying to invest in the Egyptian tourism and contribute to the development of this nation through this field. Unfortunately, the tourism sector in Egypt is still suffering from the short sightedness of the Egyptian community. Tourism is also plagued by the ineffective policies of the competent authorities, including the so called new “reforms” which might affect this sector seriously. Tourism could be damaged by the emergence of the new political trends which succeeded to power in Egypt. Indeed, the new political forces might have strange positions and different views from the former officials who concentrated on the sectors that could increase the revenues of the State of Egypt, such as tourism.

Tourism is the greatest sector that the Arabic Republic of Egypt has been known for since ancient times; however, since ancient times, Egypt has been known as the Queen of tourism on earth, due to the great Pharaonic civilization left on its lands that consistently remains amazing to all minds. These Pharaoh ancestors of the Egyptians created the most beautiful civilization and the finest real art of architecture on the Egyptian lands, and made in it a lamplight of art and civilization that all the world comes to from the various countries to learn how to build a civilization, as well as what could be visual attractions, to enjoy all that is beautiful. Therefore, as long as the conditions of the Egyptian tourism keep flourishing on the Egyptian land, they will also represent the greatest Egyptian resources of national income. Indeed, the tourism income represented the greatest part of the total income of the Arabic Republic of Egypt, but now, to a large extent, the circumstances changed and altered a lot, and the great is no longer great. It changed, and this is what happened to the Egyptian tourism. The conditions have deteriorated significantly with the turbulence that the Egyptian territories experienced after the Egyptian revolution on the land Egypt, as the crowd knew that during the Egyptian revolution, the opportunity was given to many offenders to escape in the country. This has been due to a total lack of security, which had a direct impact on the prosperity of Egyptian tourism. However, soon things will return to the way they were, especially after President Mohamed Morsi took over the rule of Egypt.

The tourism sector in Egypt started recovery from the troubles in the past, but at the same time, the situation is not suitable for working because the demand of the tourists from the different states on Egypt is not good due to the fragile security situation there. The presence of the tourists inside Egypt is a necessity in order to bring the hard currency that strengthen the abilities of the Egyptian economy. The Egyptians who work in the tourism sector suffer from the bad living conditions because they used to receive huge salaries from the tourist companies, but later their conditions deteriorated significantly and they cannot even find jobs that suit their experience and capabilities. Even, some of them traveled to work in other companies. Hence, Egypt lost the suitable experience in this field, which means that its abilities in this scoter would deteriorate and the tourist situation in Egypt would be very bad. The current government must prepared the situation in a good way in order to restore the tourist powers in Egypt and make the tourists trust them again to accept to return to Egypt in huge groups as it was the case in the past. I wish to see the development of the tourist sector and the government must work hard to redevelop it through good tourist programs to encourage the tourists to come to Egypt every year and help the Egyptian economy fast.

The tourism sector in Egypt has witnessed an amazingly great improvement this year after that the President Mohammed Morsi took office, compared to the same period last year when the tourism sector experienced a severe setback as the number of tourists saw a decline due to the popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The marked improvement that occurred is mainly due to the growth of tourism in the tourist resorts in the Red Sea, and the situation remains very difficult with respect to the other historical sites in Cairo and Upper Egypt.

The reconstruction of the Egyptian State today is primarily the responsibility of the Egyptian people themselves under the leadership of intellectuals inside the country. And the rebuilding of the Egyptian State today must be done on quite a different bases from that State which has been overthrown, or more precisely the State whose institutions have collapsed under the shovels of the authoritarian corrupt police rule and the culture of intolerance , where the Egyptian national values were eroded to the new categories over the community for the benefit of tribal thought which is hostile to modernity and human thought.

The reconstruction of the Egyptian State today is primarily the responsibility of the Egyptian people themselves under the leadership of intellectuals inside the country. And the rebuilding of the Egyptian State today must be done on quite a different basis from that State which has been overthrown, or in a more precise meaning the State whose institutions have collapsed under the shovels of the authoritarian corrupt police rule and the culture of intolerance, where the Egyptian national values were eroded to the new categories over the community for the benefit of the tribal thought which is hostile to modernity and the human thought.

A group of judges have established a community of judges for Egypt and carried out the observation of the election. They confirmed the victory of Muhammed Mursi by a plurality over Shafiq approaching one million votes. The report of the independent judges was a fair and courageous initiative that embarrassed those who used to counterfeit the will of the people. The Egyptian revolution achieved a great victory by dropping Shafiq and the victory of Muhammed Mursi who is the first elected civilian President in the modern history of Egypt. This victory of the will of the people will not only affect Egypt but it will also push the wheel of change in the Arab countries that are looking forward to getting rid of the corrupt tyrant rulers sitting on the breaths of their people for decades. We must congratulate the President Mursi but we must also remind him that the new President did not succeed with the votes of the Brothers only. The votes of the Brothers alone were not capable of making him succeed. He has succeeded with the votes of the millions of the Egyptians who saw in supporting him the only means of preventing the return of the regime of Mubarak. Therefore, President Morsy is accountable to all the Egyptians and as he promised, he should form a coalition government that would include the Ministers of the revolution from all the different political trends.

May God give victory to Mohamed Morsi!

There is no doubt, Egypt is passing through exceptional circumstances after the revolution's success, fall of the former regime, the holding of elections. Islamists won a majority and the Egyptian presidency. It should be said that Egypt entered a new historical stage, as the Muslim Brotherhood representative won the elections, and it must lead to substantial modifications in Egyptian society and not foreign policy in the near term. After the announcement of the election winner, the new government formation stage comes, which will hopefully be a coalition including all the forces and may include some of the former regime staff. There is the possibility that they could work secretly in the future and perform acts that could break the new government's spine until the Egyptian people say that the Islamists cannot govern the country, and therefore the Morsi Government faces serious internal and external challenges which could be tough exams for the first democratic government elected by the people, as well as an experience for the Muslim Brotherhood who fought the former regime for a long time, and here they are holding governance for the first time.

The Egyptian revolution erupted immediately after the revolution in brotherly Tunisia, which led to the escape of its ousted President Ben Ali. However, the Egyptian revolution has had a major impact on the other Arab countries and on the entire world because of the international importance of Egypt and its strong civilization which dates back to more than seven thousand years. In fact, when this great people, the owner of the seven thousand-year revolution, rises up, the other peoples around the world should shut up and look at Egyptians only to learn the meaning of civilization and the might of Egyptians who could feel patient about any suffering and hardship except the violation of their honors. Indeed, people’s honor is a red line for Egyptians and it is not allowed for anyone to exceed it. Perhaps the best evidence of this was what happened to the ousted president who clung to power for thirty years, and Egyptians overthrew him in little more than one week. This gives a clear indication of the strength and the civilization of this people who have overthrown its president within a very short period of time in peaceful demonstrations and away from violence. This reflects the civilization of this people and the lack of barbarism. After the success of this great Revolution came the next step in which people have chosen the legitimate president for the country, who reflects the actual popular desire in his existence.

Tourism still suffers from recession since the eruption of the Egyptian revolution, which led to many positive aspects that were achieved by the objectives of the revolution. However, those who work in the tourism sector are convinced that the revolution did nothing but cause the destruction of their sources of income. Most of the workers in the field of tourism enjoyed high and unimaginable income, because tourism is an important source of the hard currency that supports the economy of the state. Tourism is one of the most important sources of cash in the state, but the eruption of the revolution and the resulting instability weakened tourism significantly. All those who worked in the field of tourism became jobless but all their savings from their big salaries are being spent as if they had not worked throughout their lives to the extent that some of those who used to work in the field of tourism are in terrible conditions and they are unable to feed their families due to the lack of the tourists.

The Muslim brotherhood does not have a working plan to rescue Egypt except for their bright slogans. That is why they will fail in developing the country because they are impulsive and will fail in politics because they recognize all their previous agreements with America and Israel.

How would tourism improve in Egypt while there are thugs in Tahrir Square and Abdul Mun'im Riyadh? The sidewalks are damaged; the sellers of grilled green Durra, licorice root and corn are under the October Bridge. Dirty scenes and suspicious people are present there in the square. When we felt bored and needed some fresh air, we used to go and sit in the gardens of Tahrir… Mr. President, I wish you would send a photographer, with a conscience, to convey to you the whole truth…The revolution succeeded, and we don't need to see some people come out daily to say that the Revolution didn't succeed! Please spare us; let our country calm down and come back again, as you delay it and send it back a thousand years! We hope you let the President work, because he is the only one who is responsible. God be with you, Mr. President!