Millions of dollars enter the country and tourists come to it from anywhere in the world. It created tourism from nothing and because of the spirit and art of its people, it was classified among the most beautiful villages in the world. I wonder what is happening in the village of Gharb Suhail and what is the relationship between the Grand Museum and the Egyptian Economy? Let us find out what the story is.
If someone told you that there is a small village in southern Egypt that brings in millions of dollars annually… you will surely think that it has gold mines or a huge factory… but the surprise is that this village is called Gharb Suhail and all its wealth comes from people, not from factories or goods.
The village is located in Aswan, specifically on the banks of the Nile. Despite its simplicity, its charm was the reason it brought millions of dollars into the country.
Its people were able to transform their homes into small tourism projects. Every house became an eco-lodge, every sailboat became a source of livelihood, and every woman who cooked Nubian food for tourists became a real business owner.
I mean, tourism there does not enrich the big hotel owners, but it opens the homes of simple people.. The equation there is very simple. Heritage and a smile on a little organization are worth an income in dollars.. and the result is thousands of visitors from all over the world.
Not only that, let me tell you that it contributes directly to supporting the local economy. The people continue to earn from it in hard currency. Among them are those who bought a new boat, those who upgraded their homes, and those who taught their children in university with the income of tourists.. I mean, the return is not just the money of the return. A better life for the villagers.
The World Tourism Organization’s selection of Gharb Suhail as one of the best tourist villages in the world in 2024… does not come from nowhere.
The village has become a very successful experiment in the concept of community tourism… which the government itself is trying to popularize within Egypt’s 2030 plan… which aims to attract 28 million tourists annually and raise tourism revenues to 30 billion dollars.
With the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum and new projects in the Red Sea and the coast, Egypt is adopting an integrated tourism system in which the big and the small gain.
Today, Gharb Suhail is not only a destination for tourists.. This is a lesson in smart economics.. How did a simple village on the Nile know how to turn heritage and identity into hard currency.
