Thirty hot air balloon flights took off on Sunday in Luxor, carrying 610 tourists of various nationalities, head of the union of air balloon companies in Luxor Ahmed Abboud said.<\/p>\n
The flights, operated by several travel agencies, flew over the city’s archaeological sites, Abboud said.<\/p>\n
Many tourists come to the city to enjoy this outstanding experience, which represents one of the most important types of adventure travel, he added.<\/p>\n
Air balloon flights currently witness high turnout with the growing number of charter and direct flights with foreign tourists on board, in addition to Egyptian visitors to the city.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that the union is working on increasing the number of flights daily.<\/p>\n
Egypt Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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