US EditionThey Want to Turn the Holiest Place Into a Tourist Megaproject: Luxury Villas and Hotels
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For years, visitors and pilgrims have flocked to Mount Sinai to watch the sunrise over the pristine, rocky landscape. Now, one of Egypt's holiest sites, revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims, is at the center of controversy over plans to turn it into a new tourism megaproject.
Egypt is planning a huge tourism project around the Monastery of Saint Catherine, including a cable car, hotels and an airport upgrade, provoking strong opposition from Greece, UNESCO and residents of the Jabaliya tribe, who fear damage to the heritage, landscape and livelihood of the locals.
One of Egypt's holiest sites—revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike—is at the heart of a nefarious dispute over plans to transform it into a new tourism megaproject. Mount Sinai and Saint Catherine's Monastery are slated to be part of a luxury resort that aims to boost tourism in Egypt.
Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, considered the oldest Christian monastery in the world, has found itself at the center of controversy. Egyptian authorities plan to transform the isolated region into a luxury tourist resort, sparking opposition from local Bedouins, among others, who have had to destroy their homes and relocate bodies from graves in the local cemetery to make way for the new project.
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