Egyptian tourism to shine with visit of world’s largest floating library

Monday, January 2, 2023

MV Logos Hope, the largest floating library in the world, will dock in the Port Said tourist port in Egypt this week on January 4. More than 350 passengers on board will also disembark to make tourist visits to Cairo.

MV Logos Hope first visited Egypt in 2010. The ship will stay in Egypt for 20 days before resuming its voyage to the port of Aqaba in Jordan.

The Suez Canal Economic Zone has made special preparations for the cultural event. The visit highlights the economic zone’s ability to accommodate cruise ships of all sizes and types, and will help attract more cruise ships to Egyptian ports, the authority said.

A nominal fee will be charged for visitors to board the ship and join its activities. Children under 13 and those who are differently abled can enter for free.

The 132-meter long vessel has more than 400 volunteers from 60 nationalities on board. The floating library contains more than 50,000 titles.

MV Logos Hope is owned by the German charitable organization Good Books for All. The ship has visited 480 ports in more than 150 countries and welcomed more than 49 million visitors in the past 13 years.
The ship shares its goal of “sharing knowledge, providing help and providing hope” in every port it visits.

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