CAIRO - Egyptian officials will tour Arab Gulf countries seeking grants to help revive an economy hit by the unrest that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak, Finance Minister Samir Radwan was quoted as saying Monday. "The immediate task at hand is to broaden the fiscal space," Radwan told a seminar in Cairo Monday. "That is why we are looking at means and ways to get as much grants as we could." Egypt has experienced near-daily protests since an uprising that began in January and eventually toppled Mubarak. Economic growth has slowed as many tourists have stayed away and factory output has been hit by strikes. Countries in the Gulf and elsewhere have expressed support for Egypt, Radwan said. He said he would be "very happy" if growth this year ranged between 2.5 and 3 per cent, down from 5.1 per cent in the previous 12 months.