The Youth and Sports as well as the Tourism Ministers Khaled Abdel Aziz and Hisham Zaazou respectively inaugurated Sunday the first Egyptian conference on sport tourism.

The conference is organized by the Youth and Sports as well as the Tourism Ministries in cooperation with the Egyptian Federation of Chambers of Tourism.

The event will be held under the rubric "Tourism and sports... future vision" in the Olympic Center at Maadi district.

In his speech, Abdel Aziz said that there is an agenda for organizing championships this year in Egypt.

For his part, Zaazou hailed the efforts exerted by the Youth and Sports Ministry in developing sports facilities in all governorates, which promotes sporting tourism activities and attracts tourists.

Source: MENA