Exodus in reverse
Excited Israelis have started signing up for tours of the Egyptian pyramids in what tourist agents predicted would turn into an Exodus in reverse. “Please note that with the opening of the border we expect a deluge of Israeli tourists to arrive in Egypt,” said a Tel Aviv travel agent in a message to a Cairo agent. “Booking information atr- • mailed today,” was immediate reply. The return message from
Cairo ended with "salaam,” the Arabic word for peace. ' Israeli tourist agencies scrambled frantically to be first to advertise travel arrangements to the Egyptian capital. S nee the first ads were placed in the newspapers this month hundreds of Israelis have telephoned for information. The Poraz publishing house rushed to bring out the first Hebrew guidebook to Egypt. The author, Shalom Cohen, is a former
Knesset member and journalist who was born in Alexandria. Travel agents predict peace resulting from the Camp David accords will affect Middle East tourism in two ways — an expected crowd of Israelis headed to Cairo and thousands of long hesitant foreigners signing up for joint Egypt-Israel packages. At one time, Egypt would not admit persons whose passports bore visas for travel to Israel.
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