The development of new touristic areas will help increase arrivals, he said, highlighting the city of St Catherine in mountainous South Sinai as one such area where new roads were being built and the airport expanded. “The area is famous for the oldest Christian monastery in the world,” he said. “We are working on creating tourism-related infrastructure to attract tourists for meditation, hiking and camping.” Another area attracting investment is Ras Banas on the southern Red Sea coast, south of Marsa Alam. Longer-term, the resort could rival Sharm El Sheikh…
