Egypt’s Tourism Allocates EGP20 mln For Developing Sharm Al Sheikh Port

Capitan Tarek El Gamal, Director of Sharm Al Sheikh Port, announced that the port received about 300.000 tourists during the last touristic season; referring that the current indicators confirm that the number of tourists coming through Sharm Al Sheikh Port will go up by 15% during the current season, which ends at April.

The engineering center at Alexandria University has finished the development plan and the Tourism Ministry approved allocating EGP 20 million to implement it.

He elaborated that the development process includes building a big equipped hall for arrival and departure, besides a building for services, another one for management and 2 new sidewalks to receive more touristic ships.

Dr Hatem Abdel Latif, Minister of Transport, and Gen. Khaled Fouda, South Sinai Governor, visited Sharm Al Sheikh Port to acquaint the details of the development plan.