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Egyptian Tourism Industry Boost Not Enough

Egyptian authorities say the country’s sagging tourism industry is bouncing back, with a huge increase in visitors during the summer and early fall. But as resorts and historical sights enjoy the business, analysts say continued insecurity makes the sector in Egypt volatile, and not profitable enough to fix the country’s beleaguered economy.

On the shores and under the water of this resort town on the Sinai Peninsula, tourists see none of the insecurity the region is best known for in the news.

Egyptian officials say they hope, by next year, to return the tourism industry to its pre-2011 glory, when the industry pulled in more than $12 billion in a year.

Egyptian tourism minister Hisham Zaazou said the hope and challenge was to be able to report a significant restoration of the sector in the first part of next year. But analysts said this challenge was considerable because the industry relied on international public perception of safety in Egypt at a time of continued unrest.

Lebanese American University Political Science Professor Sami Baroudi called for economic diversity.

“Tourism is a very important but volatile sector. So you cannot pin your economic strategy on a sector that one or two bombings or one or two basically assassinations may impact adversely,” he said.

For Egypt to alleviate widespread crushing poverty, he said, the country needed to invest in industry and export goods. But unlike the export business, he added, Egypt’s tourism industry already had the infrastructure and expertise in place.

“You have to bear in mind all the investments that have been done in the tourism sector, all the jobs in Egypt that are tied to tourism. The government cannot but give high priority to this sector,” said Baroudi.

But economists say even if the government succeeds in convincing visitors to once again crowd into its cities and on its shores, the country will still need to rely heavily on foreign aid to keep afloat after three years of political turmoil that collapsed two Egyptian governments.

“It is not enough to help Egypt to take off because the events that took place between 2011 until 2013 had ended the economy significantly,” said Marwan Iskander, a veteran economist with Banque Pharaon & Chiha in Lebanon.

Protests and clashes continue in Egypt, threatening to dial back some of the recent successes in the tourism industry.

On the other hand, Isaknder said new markets were opening up, with a large increase of Russian tourists to Egypt in recent years.

And tour guides here said despite the insecurity they, like the iconic Nile River, would endure indefinitely.

词汇解析

numerous

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.为数众多的；许多

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

The Earth is only one of the numerous planets in the universe.

地球只是宇宙中众多星球中的一个。

Numerous interruptions have prevented me from finishing my work.

我屡遭搅扰以致工作未能完成。

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strategic

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.战略的；重要的；基本的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

We made a strategic withdrawal, so that we could build up our forces for a renewed attack.

我们作了一次战略性退却，以便我们能积蓄力量再次进攻。

At this meeting we grappled with the most important, strategic issues in our economic relationship.

在本次会议期间，我们重点讨论了两国经济关系中最重要的战略问题。

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newly

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adv.新近地；重新地

参考例句

The newly published American novel sold like hot cakes.

那部新出版的美国小说是市场上的畅销货。

I am cooking apple pies with my newly bought frying pan.

我正在用我新买的煎锅做苹果馅饼。

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Soviet

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.苏联的；苏维埃的

n.苏维埃

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.

朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。

用作名词 (n.)

The Soviet base would not soon collapse.

苏维埃的基础不会马上崩溃的。

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satellite

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.卫星；人造卫星

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The bbc is hooked up with Australian television by satellite.

英国广播公司通过卫星与澳大利亚电视实行联播。

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virtual

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.实质的；【计】虚拟的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

Our deputy manager is the virtual head of the business.

我们的副经理是公司的实际负责人。

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separate

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

adj.分开的；不同的；单独的；各自的

v.分开；隔开；区分；分居；脱离

n.分开；抽印本

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

Can these two definitions be conflated, or must they be kept separate?

这两个定义可以合成一个呢，还是必须分开?

用作动词 (v.)

We should never separate from the masses.

我们绝不应该脱离群众。

用作名词 (n.)

It's hard for me to separate the two fighting boys.

我很难把这两个打架的孩子分开。

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