Tallest man on earth arrives in Cairo to boost tourism

The tallest man on earth, Turkish Sultan Kosen, has arrived on Friday morning at Cairo International Airport to participate in a campaign to promote tourism in Egypt. He was welcomed by the Director of Tourism Promotion Bureau at Cairo, Nisrren Othmali.


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On Thursday, the smallest woman on earth, Indian Jyoti Amge had arrived in Egypt to support Egyptian tourism.

Both of them will hold a press conference to share their inspirational stories and how they have dealt with challenges in their lives.

In 2008, Indian actress Amge, 24, was declared the world’s smallest living woman with 64 centimeters. In 2014, Kosen, 35, is a Turkish farmer who received the Guinness World Record for tallest living male with 251 centimeters in 2014.

Kosen’s growth and massive height is caused by a condition known as "pituitary gigantism", which is the result of an over-production of growth hormone.

The Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Promotion Authority are currently organizing events to attract Egyptians who wish to break records or apply for a Guinness World Records titles as an attempt to boost tourism in Egypt which is mentioned in 86 Guinness World Records.


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Guinness adjudicator Omar Talal told press that the Middle East is pioneering in business growth including entertainment and innovative enterprises. He added that the applications submitted to Guinness from the region in the last three years jumped by 68 percent.

On October 2017, the Egyptian Tourist Authority engaged in partnership with CNN to launch a campaign for promoting tourism. The campaign is meant to spread awareness about different kinds of tourism in Egypt.

A CNN team will visit Egypt soon to produce an ad for promoting touristic sites in Egypt. Also, the ad will be wired on CNN channel and its affiliated sites until the end of the year.

Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said that the partnership is a good step toward accomplishing an international tourism promotion strategy, reported MENA.

In September 2017, the Egypt tourism authority had unveiled a new campaign titled “This is Egypt” (#thisisegypt), to launch a major regional campaign to drive growth in the tourism sector.

This campaign won the best tourism promotional video in the Middle East at the general assembly of the world tourism organization in China, beating 63 other contestants.

A lot of celebrities already visited Egypt to revive its tourism sector, such as Hollywood star Forest Whitaker, Argentinean football legend Lionel Messi and American actor Will Smith




Photo of tallest man in the world Visiting Egypt