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Country-Plan Projects and Tenders |
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912 مليون جنيه للمرحلة الاولي من الخطة لتحويل الاقصر الي متحف عالمي مفتوح L.E. 912 million plan to proceed with phase one of a scheme to turn Luxor City into an open international museum by 2030. |
| Date Published | Thursday, December 02, 2004 |
| Source Name | Al-Ahram |
| Location Name | Luxor |
| Description | Egypt Prime Minister, Dr. Ahmed Nazif, has endorsed an L.E. 912 million scheme to implement phase one of Luxor City revamping into an open museum including the construction of a huge river birth. 9 Km to the south of Luxor Bridge, to host up to 300 Nile Cruisers. Scheme would support increasing hotel rooms capacity in Luxor to 20,000. Scheme provides for the construction of Al Tood tourist complex, revamping the area opposite Al Karnak Temple & surrounding areas, construction of several bridges, also the revamping of Luxor railway station and the construction of a tunnel to link between east & west railway lines. [Fast growing tourism performance witnessed since the past year or so would greatly consolidate feasibility of the above projects]. |
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Beneficiary Sectors - Construction Projects Integrated works Bridges Hotels & Tourist Development |