Egyptian officials have angrily denied that the authorities in Cairo are preventing Egyptian tourists from visiting Israel. A senior official at the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism conceded, however, to Moris Kassouto, the tourism attache at the Israel Embassy in Cairo that the authorities do not permit Egyptian tour groups to visit Israel “for security reasons.” He insisted that individual Egyptians are free to visit Israel.
The official expressed anger over a report published in Israel that Egyptian authorities prevented an Egyptian travel agent from conducting a tour to Israel. He said the agent in question did not hold a tourism license. The official charged that the report was published in Israel in order to tarnish President Hosni Mubarak’s visit to the U.S. this week.
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