Cultural Panorama project in Sharm El Sheikh Museum

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister State of Antiquities, met Dr. Yasser El Shayeb (Director of the Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage- CULTNAT) to discuss the ideas of co-operation between them concerning documentation and preservation of the archaeological and cultural heritage. They reviewed during the meeting the possibility of implementing a project to portray three-dimensional images of the Egyptian antiquities by using laser to produce holograms on screens or in the open air without the use of display screens to promote for the less visited and known sites such as Hibs Temple, near Khargha Oasis in the western desert, both nationwide or internationally through the international travel markets which could be a factor to attract tourism and increase national income.

The minister also asked Dr. Yasser to contribute in implementation of Heritage display panorama in Sharm El Shiekh Museum (Under construction) through the Heritage documentation centre’s modern technologies to introduce the Egyptian history and civilisation through the ages. Dr. Yasser welcomed the idea and promised to implement the Culturama in one of the halls allocated for this purpose in the museum.

CULTURAMA, is a Cultural Panorama over nine screens, the first ever patented 9-projector interactive system. It is an innovative harmonized mix of cultural and natural heritage information, using an informative and attractive multimedia program and the latest display technology.

Numbers and facts on visitors to Egypt for the last week

Some facts and figures on the number of visitors and tourists in Egypt for the last week (31^st January till 5^th February)

 Cairo airport: 14000 passengers flew in and 57000 flew out. Hurghada airport: 3900 flew in and 62000 flew out. Hotels Occupancy (average) in Sharm El Shiekh 2% and in Luxor 4%.
Also the number of foreigners left Egypt in 10 days time from 28th Jan. is about 1 million costing the Egyptian economy over 1 billion dollar loss.