130218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final

• Pursing nationwide transport/ traffic analysis,
• Undertaking socio-economic survey and forecast up to 2027, and
• Reformulating the strategy and policies for nationwide transport system 7 .
One can notice that these strategic directions don’t cover urban mobility issues (although some elements of
it are dedicated to the development of the subway in Cairo).
Tourism targets
In terms of Tourism, The Ministry of Tourism (MoTm) set ambitious goals in 2013 to increase the hotel rooms’
capacity to 300,000 hotel rooms to accommodate 14 million visitors by 2020. With this target, number rooms
will increase and need energy supply to operate. It is noticeable that setting ambitious goals or the
development of the sector, no complementary objectives were set to ensure that this development would
not harm the environment both locally and globally. This means that the Governorate of Luxor has room to
“invent a new model” where tourism will be a strong economic driver, while at the same time contributing
to protect the local environment as well as mitigating climate change.
3. The Governorate of Luxor strategic vision for sustainable energy
3.1. Introduction
The purpose of this section is to clarify the Luxor Governorate strategy towards sustainable energy. Since
there have been years of turmoil due to unsmooth political conditions, a development strategy for the
Governorate of Luxor hasn’t be clearly defined. Based on a thorough review of the Governorate's website
and double-checking information with officials, no mission or vision has been clearly defined or stated so far.
Hence, and for the very purpose of the present SECAP design, we are proposing below options to structure
this vision and the sustainable energy strategy that could be a useful guidance for the Governorate services.
3.2. Objectives
The CES-MED project aims at developing the SECAP in resonance with the already existing strategies, if any,
for the participating cities and governorates. Hence, it is essential to define the main dimensions prioritised
by each municipality/Governorate for a more appropriate SECAP.
3.3. The Context
Luxor received special recognition, decreed by the ex-president as a special city separating from Qina
governorate and appointing H.E. General Samir Farag as the governor in 2004 who developed an ambitious
development strategy for Luxor 2030. In the meantime, a Presidential decree issued in 2009 added to Luxor
Armant and Esna cities and their villages. These new boundaries certainly impose revisiting the strategy
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Mints – MISR National Transport Study, the comprehensive study on the Master Plan for Nationwide Transport system, Egypt, Final Report, March
2012, JICA - available at: http://www.open_JICAreport.JICA.go.jp/pdf/12057584.pdf
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