- Title: Egypt hails in 2017 with fireworks extravaganza at historic Pyramids
- Date: 31st December 2016
- Summary: GIZA, EGYPT (JANUARY 1, 2017) (REUTERS) (NIGHTSHOTS) COUNTDOWN ON PYRAMIDS, FIREWORKS VARIOUS OF FIREWORKS, SPHINX GIZA PYRAMIDS PLATEAU SIGN READING IN ENGLISH: "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017" SPHINX PYRAMIDS
- Embargoed: 15th January 2017 23:22
- Keywords: Egypt Cairo Giza Pyramids fireworks 2017 New Year
- Location: GIZA, EGYPT
- City: GIZA, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA0015F7ROLJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Egypt celebrated the New Year with a fireworks display and a countdown at the Great Pyramids of Giza on Sunday (January 1).
Security was on high alert before the celebration, which involved almost one minute of fireworks.
Egypt hopes to attract tourists to its tourism industry, a crucial source of hard currency, struggling since a mass uprising in 2011.
Conditions worsened after the suspected bombing of a Russian plane carrying 224 people from a Red Sea resort in October 2015.
Russian flights to Egypt, however, will resume soon, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a phone call, Sisi's office said on Thursday (December 29).
Egypt hopes to encourage tourists from new markets like China, Japan and Ukraine to visit in 2017. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2016. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None