Egypt plans $1bn Red Sea marina, hotel development

A tourist rides a beach buggy in Wadi Billi, at El-Gouna near the Red Sea, Egypt, 14 November 2018. Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Construction on the "Monte Galala Towers and Marina" project would start in the second half of the year and run for seven years, Ahmed Shalaby, managing director of the main developer, Tatweer Misr, said.

The 10-tower development - a partnership with the housing ministry and other state bodies including the armed forces' engineering authority - would cost about 50 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.07bn), he added.

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The project, also announced by the cabinet, will cover 470,000m2 on the Gulf of Suez, about 35km south of Ain Sokhna, Shalaby said.

Egypt aims to boost total tourist arrivals to around 30 million by 2030, from around 19 million recorded by the tourism ministry in 2025.

($1 = 46.8200 Egyptian pounds)