World’s Largest Swimming Pool in Egypt

World's Largest Swimming Pool in Egypt. You want to swim in the area but was afraid to swim in the ocean? Visit Egypt, then you can feel like a swim in the sea area. A luxury resort in Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh will have the largest pool in the world. Swimming pool is planned to be shaped like a lagoon, complete with sand and palm trees at the edges. 

The world’s largest swimming pool in Sharm El Sheikh this property will have an area of 120,000 square meters of sand along the 22 kilometers. Once the size of this pool, even a boat can sail and windsurf iatasnya. Current record for the largest pool in the world is still held by the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Chile, with a pool of 20 times the size of an Olympic swimming pool and filled with as many as 66 million gallons of water.

The world’s largest swimming pool is not the only remarkable innovations of this luxury resort. Later a large resort will also be equipped with a hotel complex, 20,000 residential properties, an international tennis academy and golf course. Sharm El Sheikh also be filled with cafes, nightclubs, bars and restaurants. Visitors can watch movies in theaters are also shopping at the stores. 

“Later on Sharm El Sheikh will be the new tourist center not only in Egypt, but also in the Middle East,” said Yehia al-Meteini, designers resort is as quoted from Dailymail.

MasterCard to partner summer promotion to enhance Egyptian tourism

Credit card services provider, MasterCard (NYSE: MA) has announced that it is partnering a summer promotion campaign to promote tourism in Egypt.

The company said that it has entered into a collaboration with air carrier, Egyptair, to promote Egyptian tourism. As per the plan, financial services provider, MasterCard, and Egyptair, which is the flag carrier airline of Egypt, will jointly manage a cash-back promotion. The programme will be applicable to tourists travelling to Egypt from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The main benefit of the new project is that it will allow MasterCard cardholders to be eligible for 5 percent cash back when booking tickets online on the Egyptair website, egyptair.com. To become eligible for the offer, MasterCard cardholders need to register on the Egyptair website when making flight bookings up until August 31st, 2012.

The cash-back promotion is expected to benefit travellers who intend to visit Egypt during this festive period and beyond.

Magda Metwally, general manager marketing for Egyptair, said, ‘The launch of this promotion with MasterCard underscores Egyptair’s support of the country’s tourism sector at a time of great optimism and change. Egypt has traditionally been a high appeal destination and we are confident that with this promotion tourists from within the region will once again be driven to discover and experience the wealth of culture and entertainment that Egypt has to offer.’ According to Magdy Hassan, country manager, Egypt, MasterCard Worldwide, the company has ranked Cairo in fifth place on a list of the Middle East and Africa’s top cities, in terms of expected international visitor spend in 2012. It also believed to have an annual growth potential of 8.4 percent.

Egypt's President reassures tourists on Luxor trip

"Here, you should feel safe. Move as you please, enjoy Egypt's atmosphere and its ancient civilization," 

"Egypt is safer than before, and is open for all."

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