Egypt is currently preparing a surprise that will change the tourism movement globally, and this surprise will come from the Grand Egyptian Museum, which the state is currently putting in place the main and political points for the opening ceremony.. I wonder what this surprise is.. and Egypt aims to reach the number of tourists to how many in the coming period.. Stay with us until the end and you will find out. Details in this video
The Egyptian government is currently working with all its might to harness all efforts to develop and increase the tourism movement that comes to Egypt from abroad, especially since Egypt is facing a crisis in the decline in dollar revenues that enter the Egyptian state treasury from the Suez Canal, which have declined by more than 60% due to the events taking place in Maritime traffic in the Red Sea, which affected ship traffic in the canal.
Egypt currently has a plan to advance the tourism sector, aiming to attract 30 million tourists and achieve $30 billion in revenues from the sector in the year 2028. It will also increase the number of hotel rooms to 500 thousand hotel rooms in 2030 in order to accommodate the large movement that is expected to occur in Egypt with the monumental openings. The most important of which is the Grand Egyptian Museum, in addition to the new tourism projects that Egypt signed with foreign partners, such as Ras al-Hikma and other new sites that will enter the map. Tourism investment in the coming days.
Ok, what project is the government preparing to increase incoming tourism to Egypt?
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that Egypt is currently preparing for a global proposal to plan the area surrounding the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum and up to the Sphinx Airport in the north and the Dahshur area in the south. They have actually held a series of meetings and meetings to reach the final form of the proposal, and this is in order to preserve interest in the area of the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum. What the state is about to open in the coming period is the interest and development of tourism services in the areas adjacent to the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum.
So, what has the state done in the area of the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum to increase tourism there?
The government during the new term of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi began to look at the pyramids area with a new look, and saw that it might be the favorite area that tourists around the world themselves come to Egypt to see the greatness of the ancient Egyptians, and in fact it signed with a private sector company to develop tourism services for visitors in the Pyramid Plateau area. In fact, the company did a lot of work in the pyramid, developed the entry and exit gates, and created areas equipped to receive Tourists and used electric buses to transport tourists between the monuments, in addition to creating a museum, a cinema, and an amusement area for children there.
From the pyramids, we go to the Grand Egyptian Museum, which the state has opened a large number of exhibition halls for visitors to enter, and their number has reached 12 halls currently. This is in addition to the lobby and the great staircase in the museum, and this is a need to choose the tourism services that the museum offers to visitors in preparation for the official opening ceremony of the museum, which will be determined in the coming period. The state also established an airport close to the area, which is the Sphinx International Airport, and this is to serve tourist delegations that want to land there and return after they finish. Her trip in the area of the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum.