Egypt has added 3,000 new hotel rooms to its total hotel capacity with the opening of 19 new hotel facilities, media reports said.
The country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the hotels opened in the governorates of the Red Sea, South Sinai, Giza, Suez, Damietta, Mansoura and the North Coast as part of the ministry’s sustainable development strategy and the Egypt Vision 2030.
Both initiatives are aimed at raising the competitiveness of Egyptian tourist destinations and to encourage investment.
The new hotel facilities have created 2,500 new job opportunities, according to Mohamed Amer, Director General of the General Department of Control and Inspection of Hotel Establishments at the ministry.
Mohamed Hajjaj, Director General of the General Administration of Hotel Establishments Licensing at the ministry, said that four new hotel projects are scheduled to be opened during the next two months in the governorates of South Sinai, the Red Sea and Cairo, adding 600 hotel rooms to the total hotel capacity around the country, according to the reports.
