TITLE: Comprehensive Development Plan for the City of Luxor, Egypt
AUTHOR: RRMiller TourismROI
DATE: 03/03/2010 08:40:14 PM
Executive Summary
Numerous well-recognized monuments are found in Luxor. Tutankhamun’s Tomb symbolizes Egypt’s
Pharaonic past as much as the Pyramids. Nefertari’s Tomb, Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens,
Tombs of the Nobles, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak Temple (the most significant Pharaonic temple in
Egypt), and Luxor Temple, represent some of the finest examples of mankind’s early civilization and
some of its greatest cultural achievements (figure No. 6).
In 1997, the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities and the UNDP sponsored Abt
Associates Inc. for the study of a 20-year Comprehensive Development Plan for the City of Luxor
(CDCL). The Structure Plan, Heritage Plan and Investment Projects produced in this project
addressed ways to accommodate projected growth in population, tourism and agriculture; and approaches
to the preservation and enhancement of the antiquities to absorb escalation in tourism.
The objective of the project is to establish and carry out a work plan for environmentally sustainable
tourism development that also benefits the local population. To reach this objective the following core
themes were identified:
1. Preservation of cultural resources protects Egypt’s heritage and promotes economic development.
2. Planned growth promotes sustainable economic development.
3. Meeting the contemporary needs of local residents is vital to the success of plans.