Festival is a special event which is a public themed celebration based on specific themes. Festival Tourism plays an important role in the current tourism activities. The ancient Egyptians celebrated various festivals throughout the year, some of which were related to the king, others to the Nile and agricultural life, while the majority was related to their gods. The purpose of most of these festivals was to allow the people to behold their gods with their own eyes. This paper aims at investigating some of these festivals in regards to the possibility of revitalizing them as a means of tourists' attraction.To serve the purpose of the study questionnaires were distributed among travel agencies, tourists' authority and tourists. The study revealed that there is a will to organize them from tourists' authority, and a will from travel agencies to involve them in tourists programs. The study ends with suggestions and a special agenda of these festivals throughout the year.

This study investigates motivations of volunteering university students regarding participation in special tourism events, by taking the city of Alexandria, Egypt as a case study. Also, the gender effects on motivations are examined and a comparison between the public and private university students is carried out. Nine main motivational dimensions were analyzed including, experience, fun and enjoyment, people and friends, personnel purposes, community support, curriculum vitae and career, skills and knowledge, learning a language, and cultural. The results revealed that fun, experience and people had the highest impact on volunteering university students. No significant differences were found among private and public university students. Also, the results showed that females were significantly more likely to be motivated by the factor of community support than males. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings contribute in the development of special events industry and assist events' organizers and managers to update and develop different strategies that effectively meet the needs of current and potential volunteers.