Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy today received Glen Moroney, founder and chairman of Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours, one of the world's leading companies in luxury travel and Nile and sea cruises, to discuss investment opportunities in Egypt's Nile and sea cruise sector during his current visit to the country.
At the start of the meeting, a short film was shown reviewing the company's activities and business volume, the designs of its cruise ships, the luxury services it offers customers around the world as part of its programs and tours, the number and categories of ships it owns, and its future expansion plans, especially regarding Egypt as a destination.
The meeting discussed tourism investment opportunities in Egypt, especially in Nile and sea cruises. Mr. Glen Moroney expressed his aspiration to invest in building and operating new cruise ships for the company in Egypt and to promote internationally the programs and trips the company plans to organize there, noting that he had visited Alexandria and Ain Sokhna to see the ports and marinas that could receive the ships the company plans to operate in Egypt.
For his part, the tourism minister praised these investment plans, affirming the ministry's readiness to provide the necessary facilities to complete the required procedures, as part of the Egyptian state's keenness to encourage tourism investment, especially in Nile tourism, which is witnessing notable development in the current period and growing interest and demand from tourists. He stressed the ministry's keenness to develop this important tourism product as one of the distinctive products unique to Egypt as a destination.
He added that expanding this type of investment would help increase the hotel capacity available in Egypt, supporting the state's efforts to accommodate the expected increase in tourist numbers in the coming period.
He noted that Egypt's Nile cruise product is distinguished by its ability to offer an integrated tourism experience combining many types and products, allowing tourists to combine cultural tourism through visiting archaeological sites along the route with leisure tourism and spiritual tourism through visiting points on the Holy Family route along the way, as well as enjoying traditional Egyptian cuisine, reflecting the success of the ministry's current strategy in highlighting the unrivaled diversity of assets of Egypt as a destination.
