The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt announced that in the coming years it is planned to open and put into operation 19 new hotel facilities. As a result, the total capacity of hotels has increased by 3,000 new hotel rooms. Most of these hotels are in the main resorts of Egypt.
Thus, the ministry said that hotels have opened in the Red Sea and South Sinai governorates – that is, where Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh and other resorts popular with our tourists are located. The provinces of Giza, Suez, Damietta, Mansoura and the North Coast also received new hotels. Mohamed Amer, director general of the ministry’s General Control and Inspection Department, said the new facilities had directly helped create about 2,500 new jobs.
The opening of new hotels is part of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities’ Sustainable Development Strategy and Egypt’s Vision 2030 program, “aimed at increasing the competitiveness of Egyptian tourism destinations and encouraging investment,” the ministry said. Mohamed Hajjaj, director general of the ministry’s General Directorate for Hotel Licensing, said four more new hotel projects were planned over the next two months in the South Sinai, Red Sea and Cairo governorates, adding 600 hotel rooms. to the total capacity of hotels in the country. “Applications for the operation of these projects are currently being studied and agreed with the relevant and relevant authorities for the issuance of tourist licenses,” he added.
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