Egyptian National Railways: A Study Examining Egypt’s Railway Expansion, Challenges to Compete, and the transition to Rescue the Tourism and Hospitality Industry

Document Type : Original Research

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Associate Professor, Tourism Department, High Institute of Tourism and Hotels EGOTH

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Tourism accounts for over 12% of Egypt’s GDP, and since the January 2011 revolution to oust President Mubarak followed by the October 2015 bombing of a Russian chartered aircraft over the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt was deemed unsafe by the media and the tourism and hospitality industry suffered heavily as a result. Since then, the Egyptian government struggled to replenish the hospitality sector and focused its attention on forms to rectify Egypt’s reputation in the global presence by investing in restorations, coastal expansions, and real estate developments.
Due to the aging and poor conditions of Egypt’s national railway system, the need to access newly developed cities and future projects throughout inner and coastal areas, and it’s desperation to nourish the hospitality industry, the Egyptian government took aggressive steps to act on the following three issues:
• Strategies to modernize and expand the Egyptian National Railways
• Methods to implement safety and security concerns in order to compete and restore confidence in tourism, and hospitality industry.
• The transition and rescue efforts to revitalize the tourism and hospitality industry.
This article is aimed to identify these challenges, and how President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his administration is overseeing their progress and amending solutions to overcome them. The study will also provide recommendations that may help expedite the healing process and allow Egypt to regain its competitive edge in the global market.

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