Luxor feast puts back Egypt in travel map

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Egyptian Tourist Authority (ETA)’s ongoing Luxor African Film Festival was launched in Abu Dhabi draws throng of visitors and once again placed Egypt as a prime tourist destination.

The show reflects Egypt’s leading position as a hub for the important historical, cultural and artistic events in the region and to reiterate its position as a tourist destination of choice.

The Luxor Film Festival reiterates the leading status of Luxor not only on an African scale, but also on a global level. Luxor is one of Egypt’s most popular tourist destinations and is known as the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun. The city will celebrate the inauguration of the ancient sphinx-lined road at the end of the first quarter of this year. The sphinx-lined road is one of the most important religious and archaeological sites in Luxor, and the oldest religious road in the world. Formerly known as Thebes, capital of Egypt in the Pharaonic era, it is one of the longest routes linking the two ancient Egyptian temples of Luxor and Karnak. The road is 2,700 meters long and 76 meters wide.