Muslim Brotherhood wants to boost tourismThe Muslim Brotherhoods party, leading in a parliamentary election, wants to boost tourist numbers to Egypt and will not take steps that would harm the industry, a party official told a rally in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Essam el-Erian, deputy head of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said accusations that Islamists rise to power would harm tourism were rumors circulated by remnants of the party of deposed President Hosni Mubarak to influence voters. No citizen who makes a living from this field should be concerned, Erian said in statements carried by the partys website while addressing voters in Sinai ahead of the third stage of the election in January. He said the party wanted to draw in 20 million tourists a year to Egypt, compared to the more than 12 million that visited before the uprising against Mubarak and subsequent political upheaval sent tourists packing.