It is impossible to neglect the importance of international and local festivals. There are sports, touristic, and artistic festivals, it is the way to attract tourists to Alexandria, and it is a good way for marketing

- Tourism and shopping festival
- International Alexandria cinema festival
- International song festival for countries of Mediterranean
- Arabic music festival

Conference tourism includes all international and local conferences whether scientific, political, medical, touristic, or sports conferences. They led to more touristic attraction to Alexandria in the presence of essential services and facilitations to hold conferences for instance, several conference halls with its management, organizing, translating, and advertising businessmen activities and attendance to those conferences simplify the completion of commercial trade

Local and international exhibitions tourism is considered one of the touristic attraction sources through activities and exhibits that offered to consumers. There are commercial, cultural, touristic, and artistic expositions.

In this we indicate, Alexandria Biennale for plastic arts which ranked 3^rd on the world

It's held every year in the period between 20-7 and 20-8, thirteen governorates are contributing in the festival Alexandria is considered a cultural region of Egypt’s touristic regions whether internal or external tourism. Providing tourists with their shopping, recreational, and touristic needs is one of the important elements of attracting tourists

The idea of this festival was based on providing work opportunities for youths, circulating Egyptian goods in the international market, and promoting the incoming tourism.

Some positives impacts of tourism and shopping festivals in its 8th period
- Achieving the cooperation and completeness among efforts of economic activities sectors
- Increasing the request from some governorates for affiliating the festival conflicts its importance
- The effectiveness of financial and in-kind prizes on promoting the commercial circulations
- The festival idealizes good addition for touristic occasions
- The effectiveness of festival on tourism industry for Alexandria

Alexandria international cinema festival
The Egyptian Association for Cinema Writers and Critics organizes Alexandria international cinema festival every year; it is considered a definitive message to open new artistic windows for renewing the view and the continuation of the dialogue with guest of the festival “movie makers"

- Twenty-one years is the age of the festival, which was established by the bright reporter / Kamal El Malakh and his team. A team that believed in Alexandria cultural and artistic standing
- The festival had witnessed a lot of success and a little failure, but it’s standing strongly on the charming city
- It became one of Alexandria important cultural and artistic activities every year
- The festival is an expanded work, which requires cooperation from all, Egyptian cinema writers and critics, ministry of culture, and Alexandria governorate aiming the establishment of international cinema festival, which fits Alexandria's name

Cultural festivals tourism is considered one of the touristic assets of Alexandria

In this context, Alexandria committee of artists contributes with Alexandria governorate, and F.I.D.O.F organization established this annual festival for the real international song

Expositions
Every year Alexandria witnesses some of the important international expositions, which abounds culture, history, and arts climate. Alexandria is considered a pioneer in this kind of tourism. Lately some expositions where held in contribution with countries of the world especially after the opening of the huge edifice "the library of Alexandria" several workshops emerged from these expositions in the domain of cultural and artistic development

Alexandria Biennale is considered one of the most important cultural festivals, its one of the eldest. The celebration of the first Biennale in Alexandria was in 1955 in contribution with Mediterranean artists.

The Biennale is organized every two years for the acquaintance of different arts and cultures for countries of Mediterranean through artistic work displays, cultural activities, and international seminars

Alexandria celebrates the golden anniversary of the Biennale the last one started December 1, 2005 for three months. The ceremony was on Thursday first of December in the “Museum of fine arts” in Moharam Bey Area under the name "universe transparency- Mediterranean charm

Goals of the 23^rd period of Alexandria Biennale
- Converting this festival to an artistic and cultural ceremony for the city of Alexandria
- Reviving Alexandria Biennale role for countries of the Mediterranean, Alexandria governorate has supported the Biennale with the amount of fifty thousand pounds to host famous artists and arbitration committees, establishing workshops and different exhibitions

Festival efficiencies include
1- An exhibition for artists in governorates
2- Youth seminars parallel to the international seminars
3- Print a map for Alexandria clarifying in it all Biennale activities and its places
4- Print a catalog for the Egyptian wing
5- Print a book about Alexandria history in Arabic, English, and French for Biennales guests
6- Print a book about Alexandria Biennale history "50 years"
7- Organizing shows of Falk dance for countries of the Mediterranean
8- Presenting some accompanying shows for the Biennale in public places, parks, and squares