Dominating the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this morning: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry’s visits to Syria and Turkey yesterday. We have more in this morning’s Diplomacy section, below. (AP | Reuters | AFP | Financial Times | Bloomberg | The National)

Issa talks tourism targets: Tourism Minister Ahmed Issa sat down for an interview with Reuters to talk about the government’s target to increase tourism by up to 30% every year for the next five years. Issa laid out most of the details to the Senate back in January.

Private sector management could boost our heritage sites: The Madbouly government is reviewing the results of a pilot program that saw 10 private companies help manage 10 tourist sites — including the Giza Pyramids complex, central Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, and the soon-to-launch Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Issa said.

Anger over sale of Sadat passport: The sale of late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s diplomatic passport at a US-based auction house has sparked anger among his family who say that the document is part of the country’s heritage, CNN reported. The passport was sold last week for USD 47.5k by Texas-based Heritage auctions. Rep. Karim Sadat, who is Sadat’s grandson, described the sale as "an insult that we, as a family and as representatives of the Egyptian people who love the late president, will not accept”. It remains unclear how the passport made its way to the auction house.

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