EL CAIRO – Egypt opens its first place to eat on the pyramidal plateau of Giza on Tuesday night.
“Today we announce the opening of the first place to eat for tourists in the Panorama of the Pyramid Plateau,” Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anany said at the opening ceremony.
Nicknamed “9 Pyramids Lounge”, the place to eat is the result of joint cooperation between the Supreme Council and Antiquities and Orascom Pyramids Training (OPT) of Egypt, a subsidiary of the Orascom Investment Holding (OIH) group.
The place to eat is built in a sophisticated atmosphere, with pillows strewn on the floor to mimic the Bedouin style.
“The unique location of the place to eat offers a view of all the pyramids of Giza,” al-Anany said, stressing that Egypt is willing to identify a tourist and archaeological infrastructure as it will have a positive effect on the tourism sector. in this monument-rich country.
For his part, Naguib Sawiris, president and CEO of OIH, said that his organization’s main objective was to improve the supply to visitors to the pyramids, while preserving the elimination of all pollutant bureaucracy and creating a desirable delight for its visitors.
He revealed that two more restaurants and a café will be introduced in early 2021 into an old construction in the northwest overlooking the 3 pyramids.
“We will also turn all the pyramidal dominance into an eco-friendly electric bus,” Sawiris said.
Egypt, which has registered more than 100,000 COVID-19 infections, seeks to attract tourists amid the coronavirus pandemic and resumed flights abroad in early July after lifting a partial curfew of several months and reopening restaurants, cafes, theaters and cinemas. as well as hotels, museums and archaeological sites, all with limited capacity.
The tourism industry, a key pillar of Egypt’s economic source of income and foreign exchange, had begun to show signs of recovery after years of political turmoil since the 2011 uprising that overthrew the vanquished President Hosni Mubarak. the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
In 2019, Egypt generated $13 billion in tourism revenue.