Egypt became aware very early of the need to protect its coral reefs. The Tourism Development Authority is developing the concepts of ecotourism and eco-lodging and PERSGA, an official regional organization formally established in September 1996 and based in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) is responsible for the development and implementation of regional programs for the protection and conservation of the marine environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Credibility: "Coral Reefs and Tourism in Egypt's Red Sea" is published in September 2012, in "Loyola eCommons". "Loyola eCommons" is committed to supporting "research, teaching, and learning….a wide variety of academic works", and from its missions is to "speak to the need for Knowledge in the service of humanity." For the authors: The three authors, Nathalie Hilmi, Alain Safa, and Stéphanie Reynaud, represent three of the most reliable associations that aims at supporting governmental and international projects that is targeting environmental, social, and economic programs, as well as, the conservation of the marine life.

The Red Sea is a rich and diverse ecosystem. More than 1200 species of fish have been recorded in the Red Sea, and around 10% of these are found nowhere else. The Red Sea is also characterized by a wide range of different habitats, all of them are considered to be sensitive marine ecosystems with very huge importance to the environment and humans.

Coastal Survey Project :::::::::: The natural stresses include: global warming, coral bleaching, crown of thorns (COT), floods and ocean acidification. On the other hand the human impacts and stresses on coral reefs are far more catastrophic and long-lasting in their effects: coral damage from divers and snorkelers, anchoring, reef filling,sedimentation and destruction of natural habitats for tourism development are all examples of how humans can damage the marine resources. The CSP team is collecting data on both sources of impacts in order to stop them or at least to bring them into the spotlight.

Coastal Survey Project Objectives: Demarcation of sensitive habitats Creation of sensitivity maps Collection of data on diversity, abundance and status of corals, coral reef fishes and exploited species Gathering data on resilience of different coral reefs Establishment of database and creation of monitoring sites based on photo-quadrates and video transect. Collecting data on human impacts on marine natural resources Developing sustainable management plans for the commercial reef fishes.

The FEEL Project HEPCA's new upcoming project: FEEL In a very near future, the current Egyptian youth will be responsible for caring about Egypt's natural resources. HEPCA's new project FEEL, aka Future Egyptian Environmental Leader, is born from this context.

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Egypt wanted to develop the Red Sea Coast, which was considered as uninhabited area of the country before. this region had a very few activities and was one of the least populated regions of Egypt. these activities include offshore oil exploration, phosphate mining, and fishing on a limited scale. starting from the early 1990s, the red sea has been targeted for the massive tourism development in Egypt. In 2000, existing number of rooms was 10,549, representing 22.2 % of the total accommodation capacity in Egypt. however, the target foe 2012 was to achieve 140,000 rooms, and this is mainly by constructing new resorts and expanding the existing ones. in addition, since diving and snorkeling are among the favorable tourism activities in the Red Sea, most of the resorts aim at constructing jetties and marinas.

There are also some problems that might cause threats to the patterns of tourism development in the Red Sea region. Economically, since it is expected that the destination does not include almost all of the average 20%of the travelling costs, and includes only about 7-9 %of the air-fare costs in the form of landing fees, fuel costs, servicing arrangements, and other functions carried out of the destination.

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