CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that 19 new hotel facilities were opened and operated during 2021, adding 3,000 new hotel rooms to the total hotel capacity.

The ministry said that the hotels opened in the governorates of the Red Sea, South Sinai, Giza, Suez, Damietta, Mansoura and the North Coast.

This comes within the framework of the sustainable development strategy of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Egypt’s Vision 2030, to raise the competitiveness of Egyptian tourist destinations and to encourage investment.