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Tourism investors often default to Cairo, but Egypt’s tourism geography is much broader. How should we think about Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor, and Aswan in an investor-facing city tool?
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Separate resort tourism from cultural tourism. Sharm and Hurghada are Red Sea resort/aviation/hospitality markets. Luxor and Aswan are cultural heritage and experience-led markets. Cairo is business, culture, and scale.
Infrastructure needs also differ: airport capacity, utilities, roads, hospitality workforce, water, and environmental resilience.
For CityCalc, a hotel operator and a corporate office user should see completely different rankings. Tourism cities should not be penalized for not being HQ hubs.
Add city-type weighted rankings: tourism/hospitality, regional HQ, manufacturing, logistics, energy, professional services.