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Whenever one thinks of travel and tourism, pleasant images of relaxing on the beach, strolling through colorful neighborhoods, or hiking through a landscape of awe-inspiring natural beauty, may come to mind. Travel and tourism--encompassing transportation, catering, accommodations, recreation and services for travelers--is actually the world's largest industry and generator of millions of jobs. Tourism contributes a lot of foreign exchange to the country. -Provides jobs directly in the Tourism Industry and indirectly in supporting Industries like agriculture, manufacturing and merchandising. - It opens the country to the outside world. Also, tourism has influence on tourist's Religious viewpoints, seeing place which is some religious root, surely strengthens pilgrim’s faith. -Tourism industry is the backbone of any country's economic position. It provides foreign exchange earnings to the destination country, generates new employment avenues to the native of the country, and raises the living conditions of the citizens of the country. -It will be helpful in raising the GDP of the country. -Self-employment gives a new boost to the country. -Cultural exchange is also possible only through tourism. -Preservation of heritage is the key issue of tourism. Tourism in Egypt: Egypt has always been a popular destination of tourism worldwide. It is not only the pyramids that make this country a major tourism spot, but also, The celebrated tourist attractions of Egypt are the millennia-old monuments for which the Nile Valley is world famous. Principal among them are the Pyramids and Great Sphinx at Giza, the Abu-Simble temples south of Aswan and the Karnak Temple Complex and Valley of the Kings near Luxor. Cairo also boasts the Cairo Mus... ...stination. As a result, New tourism niche areas, such as sports tourism, health and therapeutic tourism, shopping tourism and residential tourism, has evolved of ongoing efforts to upgrade the quality of the industry. During our vacation in sharm el sheikh we decided to contact the hotel manager to try to understand how this industry work , Sharm Holiday hotel and resort is 4 stars hotel located in Naama Bay with 289 Rooms ,2 swimming pools , health club ,no direct access to beach you can move with hotel shuttle bus 3 minute to the beach , managed by the owners ( attached 1 hotel fact sheet ) From the first day of arrival we notice that every one is welcoming you ( guest relation , animation team , service staff & housekeeping ) so the General manager clarify that hotels is a hospitality industry and we have to meet or exceed your expectation during your stay