Egypt could be said to have six different tourist super-sites.
Each has its own flavor, and mostly each serves a different
purpose. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, most of these tourist
areas do not depend on ancient monuments to sustain them. In
fact, only Luxor is completely dependent on this trade. These
super-sites consist of:
Alexandria and the immediate area around the City. It could
in fact be argued that this area extends to Marsa Matruh to
the west on the coast. The area has a Mediterranean feel about
it, and the attraction is the Mediterranean Sea, and to the
people of Cairo, a somewhat cooler climate.
Cairo and the immediate area around the City. Cairo has everything.
Cairo has great hotels, entertainment, restaurants, all manner
of monuments from throughout the history of Egypt and it is
often the entry point for most people visiting Egypt. It even
has bowling allies and several golf courses to chose from.
Luxor, and the surrounding area. Luxor is a living museum with
vast numbers of ancient Egyptian monuments. It is also highly
oriented to tourists, and might be thought of in the same regard
as a theme park, where the attractions just happen to be real
monuments.
Aswan and the surrounding area. Aswan is probably the least
of the super-site tourist areas, but has great hotels, along
with the huge Lake Nasser just to the south.
Hurghada and the surrounding area, particularly El Gouna. Not
to far apart are El Gouna, Hurghada and Safaga, and these areas
contain just about everything a tourist would like to have,
with the exception of ancient monuments. They make up for that
with every variety of water sports, several golf courses, casinos
and more. The Red Sea area has less of an Egyptian feel, but
not as European as the Sinai.
Sharm El Sheikh, and the surrounding area including Sharks Bay.
This is the Sinai super-site, again with most everything any
tourist might wish. There are even some wonderful Christian
monuments nearby, and the water sports, as at Hurghada, are
all inclusive.
This is not to say that there are many more tourist destinations,
particularly on the Red Sea and in Sinai, and on Egypt's mainland
interior, the oases. However, in much of the rest of the mainland
interior, travel and destinations are limited. However, the
tourist super-sites encompass perhaps ninety-five percent of
the ancient monuments, and most else there is to do in Egypt.
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