Chamber chairman: 850 tourist vehicle drivers trained in the Red Sea and Luxor without the need to travel to Cairo
Hossam El-Shaer, chairman of the Egyptian Chamber of Tourism Companies, reviewed what was discussed at the Chamber's ordinary general assembly meeting, praising the support of the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism and Aviation Committee in Parliament, and stressing that the development and automation of the Chamber was one of the most important factors of progress.
Speaking at the press conference held after the Chamber's general assembly meeting, El-Shaer said that 70% of transactions at the Chamber have become electronic, which has helped reduce companies' problems with the long time needed to complete procedures, in addition to reducing costs, as the Chamber has saved about 5,000 visits a year that company representatives used to make to complete their procedures. Automation has also allowed drivers' ID card procedures to be completed from their own premises without going to the Chamber, with the cards collected from the Chamber's regional branches rather than the main Chamber.
In a related context, El-Shaer noted that the Chamber has made great achievements in the field of training, covering tourism company owners and all company employees, as EGP 2.5 million was allocated, the largest budget in the Chamber's history, out of belief in the goal of raising the level of tourism quality.
He added that 7,500 workers, including company owners and employees, have been trained, in addition to training 550 drivers in the Red Sea cities and 300 drivers in Luxor without the need for them to travel to Cairo to attend the training courses, and that the Chamber created tourism forums among companies to exchange expertise and opinions and learn about the various problems and the best technological ways to solve them. To this end, the Chamber organized two forums, the first in the Administrative Capital and the second in Media Production City.
