Cairo. .- The museums and archaeological sites of Egypt reopened its doors to visitors, after three weeks closed as a result of the revolution that began Jan. 25 and led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak. In a statement, the Ministry of State for Antiquities said that groups of between twenty and fifty tourists today visited the Pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and the temple of Karnak in Luxor.
Egyptian Minister of State for Affairs of Antiquities, Zahi Hawas, said the tourism police has once again to protect archaeological sites. Both the Army and police were deployed today in the Egyptian Museum, of which eight pieces are missing and many others were damaged in the looting that occurred during the protests.
The city of Hurghada, the Red Sea coast, arrived today in 27 groups of tourists, some of whom travel to Luxor to visit the temples, the statement said. The first groups to visit Egypt after the opening of the archaeological sites are from Holland, Germany, Japan and Italy. Archaeological cities of Luxor and Aswan in the south and the Red Sea coast in the east, are the main tourist attractions of the country, near the Egyptian Museum and Pyramids of Giza, located in Cairo.
Tourism, one of the pillars of Egyptian economy, generates annual revenue of about 11,000 million dollars. Egyptian Minister of Finance, Samir Radwan, recently reported that this sector has lost to 1,200,000 tourists, who had to leave the country when the protests began. 
Egyptian Minister of State for Affairs of Antiquities, Zahi Hawas, said the tourism police has once again to protect archaeological sites. Both the Army and police were deployed today in the Egyptian Museum, of which eight pieces are missing and many others were damaged in the looting that occurred during the protests.
The city of Hurghada, the Red Sea coast, arrived today in 27 groups of tourists, some of whom travel to Luxor to visit the temples, the statement said. The first groups to visit Egypt after the opening of the archaeological sites are from Holland, Germany, Japan and Italy. Archaeological cities of Luxor and Aswan in the south and the Red Sea coast in the east, are the main tourist attractions of the country, near the Egyptian Museum and Pyramids of Giza, located in Cairo.
Tourism, one of the pillars of Egyptian economy, generates annual revenue of about 11,000 million dollars. Egyptian Minister of Finance, Samir Radwan, recently reported that this sector has lost to 1,200,000 tourists, who had to leave the country when the protests began.
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