Chinese tourists 'extend' Egypt's tourism season

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The Chinese tourists have extended Egypt's tourism season to the Spring Festival, that was usually ending after the New Year holidays.

The peak season in the country starts in mid-December.

According to tour guides in Egypt, two features of Chinese tourists are that they have a preference toward culture and humanitarian civilization over nature and that many of them visit the country together with their families, in which parents expect to educate their children through tourism.

We will present Egypt's three symbolic landmarks that incorporate the essence of Egypt's culture and history, including the Giza Pyramid Complex, the Abu Simbel Temples, and the Karnak Temple Complex.

The Giza Pyramids, Giza

The Giza pyramid complex is on the outskirts of Cairo. It includes the three Great Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village, and an industrial complex. It is located in the Western Desert, approximately nine kilometers west of the Nile river, and about 13 kilometers southwest of Cairo city center.

The Great Sphinx of Giza /VCG Photo

The Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure /VCG Photo

Remains of a temple at the foot of Pyramid Khafre /VCG Photo

The Abu Simbel Temples, Nubia, Upper Egypt

The Abu Simbel Temple is located on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 kilometers southwest of the city of Aswan. The complex is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments".

The Abu Simbel Temple /VCG Photo

Inside of the Abu Simbel Temple /VCG Photo

The Karnak Temple Complex, Luxor

The Complex is comprised of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near the city of Luxor, on the east bank of the Nile River in southern Egypt.

Columns of the Karnak Temple /VCG Photo

Karnak Temple /VCG Photo

Karnak Temple Complex /VCG Photo

A view of Karnak Temple Complex from afar /VCG Photo

(With inputs from Xinhua News Agency)