Mr.
Volkher Kirchhoff (Manager of Phoenix Reisen Egypt) who was recently
interviewed by Luxor Times) was present at an international touristic
conference which took place in Soma Bay, Hurghada.
The conference was organised by "fvw" (a leading
German touristic newspaper and media group) in cooperation with the touristic
department of the Egyptian Embassy in Berlin. It was all about on how to bring
Egyptian tourism back on its feet.
Attended
by the Egyptian Minister of tourism, Mr. Hisham Zaazou, many of executives of
the leading German tour operators like Thomas Cook, DER, FTI, ETI, Sunexpress Airlines,
several Managers of the Egyptian travel industry and 26 German
travel agents, Mr. Volkher was invited to deliver a presentation on the
Nile Cruises.
Mr. Kirchhoff talked to Luxor Times about his input and his impressions
from the conference. He said “Of course I took the chance at the beginning to
say a few clear words about the fact that so many people still think that
Egyptian holiday destinations are not safe to go, while in fact they are
totally safe. How can a country receive more than 20 Million visitors in
the last two years be considered unsafe?
I also talked about all the bad news shown on German and international
TV. I explained to the audience that many of this is true, but if it is true
what you see, this does not mean that you get the full truth. Because for two
and a half years, the media forget to talk about the large areas in this big
country which had not at all been affected like Luxor, Hurghada and Sharm El
Shiekh.
Mr. Vokher also mentioned that Mr. Zaazou made a very big impression on
the audience with his energetic, emotional and same time fact based speech,
which showed once more time that the Egyptian Minister of Tourism is highly
professional and working so hard to fulfill his vision of the touristic future
of his country.
(Above photo: Courtesy of Youm7)
On the other hand, Mr. Volkher was disappointed that he was misquoted by Youm7online
newspaper saying that he condemned the doing of some political groups. “All I
said was that the majority of Egyptian people is usually friendly and warm
hearted. If by chance a tourist meets one after their demonstrations he
will most likely be greeted friendly and maybe invited for a tea rather than
getting an angry look." Mr. Volkher explained.
"This was to emphasis the fact that the Egyptian people would go on
the streets for political reason which has nothing to do with the highly
welcomed foreign visitors."
Full article by Youm7 (In Arabic)
Soon
Luxor Times will shed the light on how the Egyptian Arabic media even when they
have reporters in Luxor, can't get their facts right with examples exposed.
Labels: German Magazine FVW, Hurghada, International Touristic Conference, Luxor, Manager of Phoenix Reisen
