130218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final

previously set by H.E. General Farag, due to the change in the administrative status and scale, converting
Luxor from a City into a Governorate.
Luxor is certainly a heritage city par excellence as it contains more than one fifth of the World monuments.
However, many pressing problems are undermining the value of such sites on the long-term:
• Illegal urban expansions especially at the expense of the agricultural lands,
• Investments and economic challenges after the recession in tourism, which remains Luxor's number
one industry (more than 70 per cent of the local economy), and
• Energy and pollution challenges are some of the many obstacles the Governorate has to face.
Based on an article on some documents it appears that the Governorate of Luxor has already adopted four
different strategic plans with the same timescale of year 2030 or 2032:
• Luxor: The Capital of Monuments, Tourism and Culture,
• Centre of Commercial, Logistics, Health and Education in Upper Egypt,
• Luxor, the governorate of diversified economy: Tourism, Agriculture, Trade and Industry, and
• Green City of Luxor.
The following figure presents the SWOT analysis carried out by the Governorate for assessing the current
situation and analysing future opportunities with regards to their strategic plan.
Strength
- Distinctive geographical location
positioning Luxor as the service center in
Upper Egypt;
- High ratio of youth population;
- Contains Sixth of the World’s most
valuabe historical monuments;
- Various touristic patterns (culture,
conferences, festivals, therapeutic..etc);
- The existence of industrial zones;
- The presence of a number of modern
untapped areas (Industrial areas);
- Possible expansion of agricultural; and
- High soil fertility and crop diversity.
Weakness
- Very High temperature in Summer;
- Weak marketing and advertising for
Luxor as a separate touristic hub;
- Full reliance on Tourism as the main
source of income;
- Lack of skilled labour;
- Weak demand for industrial investment;
- Weak agricultural marketing, livestock
production and poultry; and
- Not benefiting from agricultural waste.
Opportunities
- Possibility of establishing factories for
food industries and components of solar
cells;
- Luxor International Airport and a growing
bond with Hurghada and Marsa Alam
airports;
- The ease of localization of the industries
in Barmant due to the existence of roads
and bridges; and
- Benefiting from natural gas by building
factories of fertilizer plants and phosphate.
Threats
- Non-operating industrial zones;
- Some crops require high water
consumption such as sugarcane;
- The waste of tourism resources by not
benefiting from archeological sites;
- Suspending some tourism projects;
- Non-completion of planting tree forests;
- Some villages are randamlly affected by
floods.
Figure 1: SWOT Analysis by the Governorate of Luxor for the 2032 strategic plan
A responsive, effective strategy is a must. Egypt adopted a Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) known
as Egypt 2030 vision, in line with UN agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) issued in
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