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Egypt and USAID discuss tourism cooperation

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

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Ahmed Issa, the Egypt Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, greeted Leslie Reed, the Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) task in Egypt along with her attending delegation, for deliberating collaboration in the areas of tourism and antiquities.


Minister Issa commended the hard work done by USAID in association with Egypt in several expansion projects in tourism, conserving antiquities and tradition as well as increasing and nurturing the competence of tourism and archaeological places.


In the course of the conference, the minister also talked about the nationwide plan for tourism expansion in Egypt. He said that with this strategy, the Egyptian ministry aims to attain an upsurge in the number of inward tourism to Egypt with development rates going from 25% to 30% yearly.


Reed evaluated the agency’s doings during the coming days in the areas of tourism and antiquities. Reed also expressed her gratitude for the progress and hard work of the Egyptian government, admiring the part played by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities for increasing and advancing the efficacy of visitor and archaeological places and the adjoining societies.


Throughout the conference, the current assignments between USAID and Egypt concerning tourism and antiquities were deliberated. The discussion also included sustainable development in tourism, along with organizing workshops in eight archaeological locations in Cairo and Luxor, in order to increase the competence of the areas nearby these archaeological places.

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