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Reclamation of one and half million acres…… a new launch of the Egyptian economy

Economy

of a new rural area that has the mo-dern life requirements for the Egyptianfarmer and his family, in addition to allcultural, medical and entertainmentservices to be a model in the future.The President, during his speech inthe opening of the project, appealedthe banks to provide the credit neces-sary for the small farmers and reduce

Several scientists have studied theproject with a view to making good useof the stored water; half million of cubicmeters of stored water will be annuallysecured to satisfy the needs of the rstphase of the project. A number of 725wells have been dug so far out of totalof 1300 of the rst phase wells. Thisproject also includes the establishment

On 30 December, 2015 Egypt stepped a new development stepwhen President Abdelfattah Essessy launched the rst phase of thenational project for the reclamation of 1,5 million acres in Alfarafrahin Alwady-Egedeed (The New Valley). This project is one of the greatnational projects that are adopted by the government. These projectsinclude Shark-Etafrea (the national project for roads, nuclear powerstations in Adaba, electricity stations, petroleum projects and gasdiscoveries … etc.

These projects, as a whole, aim to achieve a sustainable compre-hensive development. It is an integrated project aiming to solve theproblem of foodstuff and restrict import thereof. This project willhave covered 80 % of Egypt’s needs of wheat by 2018. It contributesto the establishment of agricultural and industrial communities thatprovide the youth with new job opportunities.

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the interest rate to a minimum in orderto encourage people to buy as wideland as possible. The President alsoencouraged the large investors andbusinessmen to invest in the project.The President indicated that the citizenwho will participate in the project won’tbear any burden.

The Project is launching from «theCrops» Land …….

Al-Frafrah is considered the core ofthe rst phase of the one and half mil-lion acres. Infrastructure for three vil-lages established has been completed.This includes 40 blocks of ats, 2000houses and 27 governmental buildingsto provide health and educational ser-vices for the sake of the local people. It’sworthy mentioned that the project aimsto achieve self sufciency of crops;wheat and corn. This land has neverbeen polluted by the use of any insec-ticide. Its land is of high productivity of

acre which will help increase produc-tion of agricultural crops. It is expectedthat this national project of the one andhalf million acres will be carried out onthree phases in the areas of Old andNew Frafra at Al-wadi elgedeed (NewValley) governorate and the extensionof Adakhla, Almaghara oases. Expertsof economy, agriculture and new urbancommunities have unanimously agreedthat launching this projects representsa turning point to get out from the nar-row to the new valley which is featuredby its good soil, so the ancient Egyp-tians called it «Land of Cows» becauseof the plenty of pastures and cows. TheRomans called it «Land of Crops».So,completing this project requires gathe-ring all efforts and coordination amongall sectors of the government with aview to creating new urban and agri-cultural communities.

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of the Ott0man state, so he issued aroyal warrant to deprive Egypt of havingany existence on Aqaba Gulf ! In 1906Taba’s cause was raised when the Ott-0man state decided to deploy its troopson the head of Taba justifying that thiswas its own possession, however, it hadto retreat and the British occupation au-thorities then decided to establish bor-ders of Egypt internationally recognized

The dispute over Taba

Taba had been disputed over in his-tory, ranging from separation to res-toration to the Egyptian body; this rsthappened in 1892 when Khedive Taw-feek of Egypt died and his son AbbassHelmy II ascended the throne of Egypt.Sultan Abdulhameed then wanted tocurb the British occupation on the lands

Tourist sites in Egypt are various .. A lot of historical and touristsights attract tourists from all over the world. There are cities thatoverlook the coast and are visited by millions of tourists to enjoy thebeauty of nature including the City of Taba. It is a small town loca-ted on Aqaba Gulf. It is considered the last Egyptian urban point. Itis afliated to the Southern Sinai governorate. The city represents ahistoric and strategic big value for its unique location that bordersfour countries; Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and occupied Palestine.Taba contains ancient and historic monuments date back to morethan 5000 years ago. Its tourist resorts are surrounded by mountainsand the coastline is the most beautiful in the peninsula of Sinai. Sala-hedeen Elayoubbi Fort is the most beautiful sight in this area.

Taba, The Bride of Southern SinaiIlluminated Page of the History of Egypt

Tourism

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including Taba and the area overlookingthe sea, thus Taba was restored againby Egypt.

.After Egypt was recognized an in-dependent state of sovereignty on 28February 1922 Declaration, borders ofEgypt have been internationally recogni-zed. In 1956, after the triple aggressionforces got out of Egypt, a truce agree-ment was signed between Egypt andIsrael including the UN, however, on 5June, 1967 the Israeli troops occupiedSinai including Taba. In 1979 the latePresident Anwar-Esadat signed CampDavid Treaty in which Israel pledged towithdraw all its forces from Sinai, howe-ver, during the withdrawal conict wasprovoked about Taba. Disagreementswere not easily resolved, so the problemwas referred to the international arbitra-tion. In 29 September 1989, the curtainfell on the conict over some of the bor-dering posts along the partition borderfrom Raffah in the north to Taba in thesouth. It was unanimously ruled thatTaba is an Egyptian land. On 19 March

1989 Egypt’s ag was raised declaringpeace and liberation of the whole Egyp-tian land.

UNESCO and Pilgrimage Route onthe World’s Map of Heritage

On the way to Taba, you can seesigns of time and erosion in Sinai moun-tains; other strongholds were formed inthe old pilgrimage route that were pavedby Sultan Qonsoa- Elghoory.

The route is a historical witness of thecivilized religious bonds between eastand west across Sinai.

This route was not only to serveEgypt’s pilgrims, but it also was for Mo-rocco and West African peoples.

The old Route of Pilgrimage usedto be a common Arab market The stops of old route of Pilgrimage

used to be a common market 15 centu-ries ago including products from Egypt,Esham, and the Arab Peninsula. A bigmarket for camels, clothes and all that areneeded by pilgrims; food and clothing.

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Currently, Egypt is studying in coo-peration with UNESCO putting the OldRoute of Pilgrimage in Sinai on the inter-national map of the world heritage sitesand methods of developing the old routebeing the most important route used bypilgrims to reach the holy places in He-gaz, Saudi Arabia.

Historic Sights in TabaTaba is not an ordinary tourist city.

It includes historic sights such as : theFlag It is a memorial established for thesite of the Egyptian ag on the land ofTaba on 19 March 1989.

Museum of Taba …. It is of threerooms including more than 700 piecesof antiquities. It tells the story of SouthSinai people starting from the Pharaohsto the modern epoch.

The Colored TrenchIt is a colored valley and one of the

wonders of nature in Taba’s conserva-tion. It is a group of colored sandy rocks.Some of which reaches 40 meters highin some areas. This valley, which ex-tends in the depth of the desert moun-tains, was formed by the water of rainand winter streams that had dug chan-nels in the middle of the mountains. TheColored Valley had acquired its namethanks to the shades of colors whichcover its walls.

Conservation of TabaIt is one of the most popular sights

that is visited by tourists. Its squareamounts to 35 km. About 50 species ofrare birds live there.

Island of Pharaoh :This island is about 10 km away from

the City of Aqaba and about 30 km awayfrom the beach of Sinai. While you arein this island you can see, from withinEgypt, a view gathering coasts of Saudi

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Arabia and Jordan. The island is full ofcoral reef. Salah-Edeen Castle is loca-ted on the island.

Salah-Edeen CastleThis castle was established by the

leader Salah-Edeen Al-Ayoube in 1171to protect the Egyptian Pilgrimageroute across Sinai. The Castle includesdefense establishments, a workshopfor manufacturing weapons, a militarymeeting room, troops rooms, bakery,storages for crops, water tanks and amosque.

The castle lies on a steep hill higherthan the sea. This hill is not easily clim-bed. The castle is surrounded by an ex-ternal wall as a defense line.

Zaman Castle ( The Old Castle )This castle lies between Taba and

Nowaiba on the top of a desert hill. It’san attractive view and a unique sight in

the middle of Sinai.The castle was built of domestic ma-

terials. Old building techniques wereused. This gives you feeling of genuine,however, no metal materials were usedin the erection of the castle. Materialsused were considered to be eco-frien-dly, so wood was used in most of buil-ding process. Lights are totally madeof glass and clay locally manufactured.This gives good impression of this place.

He who spends his holiday in Nowai-ba or Taba enjoys a wonderful day thereand enjoys diving and swimming there.

Furthermore, you enjoy having agood meal and exercising yoga andmassage.

A visitor can enter the beach of theCastle, This beach is featured by its puresand and water. There is a group of co-ral reef not far from the beach and canbe reached easily through swimming.The location of the citadel on a moun-

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tain over the Red Sea suits anyone whowants to spend a day in the hugs of theattractive nature, You feel as if you werethe only person in this area.

The Old CastleIt is near a lot of sights that are visited,

such as Saint Catherine and diving andshing locations. There is also a magni-cent swimming pool located on rockslop. Falls are spread all over the castle.

Conservation of TabaThis conversation is located in the far

north of Southern Sinai. There you canenjoy the view of desert, steep narrowvalleys and alpine mountains.

This conservation is one of the purestareas in South Sinai. It has not beentouched by a human being in South Si-nai. It includes pure water springs andNawamees tombs which are the oldestbuildings in the world that are coveredby rocks as ceiling. There are also rarespecies of animals in this conservationand types of black eagles. Twenty four

species of reptiles live in this conserva-tion and about 480 types of plants.

Tourist beaches in TabaThese beaches are considered the

most important sights of Taba. A lot oftourists visit these beaches to enjoy thebeauty and the magnicent view of thesea.

The StraitsThis is 10 km south of Taba. It is a

place that is specially assigned for divingin Sinai. Rare coral reefs can be seen.Some of which are 16 meters deep.

DivingDiving in Taba is a non such expe-

rience; fun, excitement, watching co-lored sh and the rare coral reefs whichare famous in the Red Sea. The mostfamous diving areas in Taba are Wadyarea, Agabella –Alkabeer area, Agabel-la-Asagheer, Hofret-el-madeek-elbahry).

Water Sports in TabaYou can spend a good time in an ex-

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cursion by yacht or glass boat. There arealso places for children to play safely.

Coral reef CityYou can dive in this city to a depth

of 20 meters. There you can watch dif-ferent species of sh.

Taba HeightsIt’s an area specially designed to be

the safest in the Middle East and northAfrica. Its strategic location, which over-looks the Red Sea and is near the inter-national airport and among Sinai moun-tains, makes it uniquely distinguished.There are hotels and tourist resorts ofthe highest quality. Taba’s tourist re-sort was prepared to be an internatio-nal resort which includes ve deluxeworldwide hotels. There is also MarinaInternational Center that has got severalprizes in water sport and diving in addi-tion to the golf and entertainment clubs,shopping centers and resorts.

ShoppingTaba is full of bazaars like most of the

tourist cities. In which jewelry, silver andhand-made carpets are displayed, in ad-dition to all kinds of souvenirs; clothes,bags and ornaments.

RestaurantsRestaurants serve all types of world-

wide foods that suit all tastes accordingto the nationality of visitors. You can alsotry Dine Around which provides you withoptions of having your food from anyrestaurant you like without restricting tothe hotel you are staying in.

Development sun is rising in SinaiTaba enjoys several components that

make it one of the most attractive areasfor investment in Sinai especially afterEgypt has recently adopted some stra-tegies to increase effectiveness of ma-king good use of the available vacantEgyptian land as one of the most impor-tant resource of development throughthe establishment of several nationalprojects in Sinai.

President Abdelfattah Essessy hasdeclared allocation of ten billion poundsfor the development of Sinai to start anew era in which the Sinai people enjoya comprehensive renaissance and letthe development train launch at a maxi-mum speed to make up for the past eraswhen ignorance had spread all over thisarea until terrorism has deepened. De-velopment of Sinai is as the golden gateon its threshold terrorism will be elimi-nated. Furthermore, this developmentwill open the door for investment andthe establishment of new projects andcreate new job opportunities, which willpositively affect the current and futuregenerations with a view to building newEgypt.

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Development in TabaTaba’s Port

It is a tourist port started as a smallmarina for yachts on 5 June, 2005, thenit was developed to be an integratedtourist commercial port.

This port boosts the tourist operationin this area through receiving tourist de-legations coming to Taba from Al-Aqabaport. This, in turn, will contribute to im-provement of tourism in Egypt.

The Egyptian government haslaunched a new project to develop theport to transfer it to a port for exportingthe agricultural products at a cost of 50million pounds.

Taba Air PortIt has been developed to be an inter-

national airport. Development worksincluded extension of the main and subpassages 4 km in length and 45 metersin width and preparing the airport to re-ceive the aircrafts at night according tomodern airport system.

Capacity of aircraft parking was ex-panded to take 12 aircrafts of big andmedium size. A new building for 500passengers an hour was established.All modern ttings were provided toachieve modern and good service fortourists in Taba and Nowaiba.

Taba ‘s Entry PortA network of roads links Taba to the

roads of Egypt’s governorates.

North of Sinai Development Project Sinai Development project is consi-

dered one of the giant national projectswhich is carried out by the Ministry ofIrrigation and Water Resources so thatwe can approach the twenty one cen-

tury with a new agricultural map ofEgypt through increasing the cultivatedland and the agricultural production byreclaiming 610 thousand acres and theestablishment of new urban communi-ties to link Sinai to East Delta region andmake good use of youth in the purposesof comprehensive development.

Road Development ProjectThis includes development of Sinai

roads; East Port Said/ Sharm-Esheekhroad, Ismaillia – Aoga Road and Al-Areesh- Rafah road. Also carrying outthe lighting and security works of theround road in Al-Areesh. Furthermore,this project includes supporting North ofSinai governorate with a view to raisingthe efciency of utilities; electricity, wa-ter, etc. in the cities of Al-Areesh, Rafah,and Eshekh zowayed.

Establishment of an international air-port in the middle of Sinai (Al-MeleezZone).

New City of RafahThis new city will be established

through building of 1200 blocks of atsin Almassaeed Zone in Alareesh andbuilding of three hospitals in Rafah andBeir-el-Abd (Alabd Well).

The Egyptian Armed Forces partici-pate in development of Sinai :

The Armed Forces National ServicesProjects Agency has been conducting alot of projects and creating job opportu-nities for youth in Sinai. First of whichis the project of developing AlbardaweelLake, securing the lake and developingits infra-structure. In addition, deve-lopment efforts in Sinai include impro-vement of the conditions of the localpeople in Sinai with a view to achievingsecurity and stability in Sinai.

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Out of the world and Arab promo-tion for the Egyptian tourism, Luxor wit-nessed several occasions during Marchand April, 2016. Temple of Luxor hug-ged the Nefertiti Festival Fashion andfashion of dressing.

European tourism beauty queen hadher birthday on the banks of the Nilein front of Luxor Temple and launched«hash tag» Visit Luxor. Under the aus-pices of the United Nations and supportof the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Au-thority ETPA, 60 beauty queens reachedLuxor City to participate in a contestcalled «Miss Universe» to choose MissUniverse of Tourism and Environment.However, ETPA hosted the two Belgian

beauty queens for 2015 and 2016 witha view to launching promotional pro-paganda campaigns for the Pharaohhistory, Karnak and Luxor temples andpromoting Egyptian tourism in the EUcountries. Thai ex- prime minister highlyadmired the antiquity sites that he sawduring his visit to Luxor.

Nefertiti International FashionFestival tells the ancient Egyptianrenaissance from the Temple of

Luxor ……….

Under the auspices of Tourism Pro-motion Authority and the Ministry of An-tiquities, Luxor witnessed, during 7 and

Fashion and Beauty Stars are shining in Luxor

Luxor Governorate in south of Egypt is considered one of tou-rist attraction areas for its antiquity which is about one third ofthe world›s antiquity. Luxor has gained a worldwide reputation;it attracts the visitors from all over the world. Luxor is an openmuseum for human history since B.C epoch, the Pharaoh until theIslamic epoch. Luxor is described as the façade for tourists. Thereare more than 800 sites, the most important of which are Luxortemple, Al-Karnak temple, the City’s museum, tombs of the Valleyof Kings and Queens and the Noblemen tombs.

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8 of April, 2016 launching the greatestevent in the world of fashion; Nefertiti In-ternational Fashion Festival with a viewto promoting tourism.

A number of Egyptian, Arab and Eu-ropean gureheads attended the festi-val. Also, 2015 Europe Beauty queen fortourism attended the festival in additionto a number of actors and actresses.

The festival started with highlightingthe history of fashion of dressing andpresenting ancient Egypt image, culture,arts and fashion of dressing reected inthe walls of temples of kings and queensin Luxor.

Emirian fashion of dressing designer,Mona Almansoory, holder of the ideaof holding a festival in Luxor explainedthat this idea was to support tourismand reafrm that Egypt is safe for worldcountries.

European Tourism Beauty Queen ce-lebrates her birthday on the banks of theNile before Luxor Temple and launcheshash tag « Visit Luxor».

World Beauty Queens come to Luxorto participate in the contest of Miss Uni-verse to choose the world beauty queenfor tourism and environment and launchhash tag, « This is Egypt.»

Under the auspices of UN and sup-port of ETPA, Luxor received 60 womenparticipating in the contest of Miss Eco.

Universe from all over the world in orderto choose world beauty queen for tou-rism and environment. This contest waslaunched on March 27 and continuedtill April 15. It was held in Cairo, Alexan-dria, the Red Sea and Luxor cities.

Once they reached Egypt, they visitedLuxor Temple and went on tours down-town. They were warmly welcomed bythe local people. A tour was organizedfor the queens with a view to promo-ting tourism; they visited the Temple ofKarnak in the eastern bank and the Val-ley of Kings and Queens. The queensexpressed their admiration of Luxor andsurprise of this impressive Egyptian re-naissance. They reafrmed safety andsecurity of Egypt and launched hash tag« This is Egypt» calling for tourists fromall over the world to visit Egypt especial-ly Luxor.

The two beauty queens of Bel-gium in a promotion campaignamong the sightseeing areas in

Luxor

From 18 to 23 April, 2016, ETPAhosted the two beauty queens of Bel-gium to go on tours for tourism promo-tion in EU countries.

The two queens started their tour inLuxor in Alkarnak Temple and some ofsightseeing. They expressed their admi-ration of the Egyptian Pharaoh renais-sance.

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About her impression of the visit toLuxor and its temples, one of the twoqueens said that this was her rst vi-sit to Egypt, however she saw a sortof unequal magic among the walls ofAlkarnak Temple.

From within Hatshepsoot Templeeast of Luxor, the two queens sentmessages of peace and love to thewhole world declaring that Egypt is thecountry of peace and security.

The ex – Thai primeminister goes on a tour

round Luxor sightseeingOn 17 April, 2016, Luxor

Governorate received theex- Thai prime minister whocurrently works as an advi-sor to the king of Thailand.Once reached Luxor, he wenton a tour in the western banktemples; Valley of Kings andQueens, Queen Hatshepsoot tomb and Happo City.Then he visited the antiquitiesof the eastern bank; Karnak and Luxor temples and the museum of embalming,then he attended a special presentation of sound and light on the Holly Lake.

The ex-Thai prime minister expressed his impressive admiration of the antiqui-ties and sightseeing conrming greatness and capability of the ancient Egyptianswho established these edices thousands years ago.