The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Essa held a meeting with the Chief of Urban Development Fund (UDF) to discuss the means to launch the Short City Break project which is the Cairo's major cultural prodect. This project targets increasing tourism to Cairo in the next years.
Various officials of the ministry's sectors attended the meeting.
Essa initiated with asserting the importance of the meeting as it would discuss all issues related to the major cultural project, Short City Break, to turn Cairo to a tourist destination, especially after the great development in the infrastructure projects which would facilitate the move of tourists.
He added that this project will give the opportunity to tourists to enjoy the tourist and cultural destinations in the city, and creating various programs for them. Various places would be included like Historical Cairo, Khedive Cairo, the Pyramids, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Citadel, the Coptic and Islamic museums, the National Museum of Civilization, and others.
Essa praised the efforts of the ministry in executing huge and various restoration projects.
Contributed by: Rana Atef
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