MINYA: All construction and development work at touristic sites in Minya is planned to be finished soon according to a study, said Governor Samir Sallam. Among the sites is the Akhenaton museum. The study conducted contains plans to provide sites will all services, mass transport and development of surrounding roads. Streetlights will be installed, hotel structures strengthened and site entrances beautified, Sallam said. The statements came curing the governor's tour to Beni Hassan, an archaeological site in Abokerkas. He was accompanied by Abd el-Nasser el-Damati, assistant general secretary. A number of touristic projects have been stalled, adding to the January 25 Revolution's negative effect on tourism, including the river line between Cairo and Luxor, which has passed through Minya since 1998. The river line between Cairo and Luxor enjoys touristic and archaeological sites on the banks of the Nile, and its suspension has negatively impacted the movement of tourism. The lack of a civilian airport in the area contributes to the lack of tourists in the area. The line between Cairo\ Luxor enjoys touristic and archaeological sites on the bank of the Nile as its suspension has negative impact on the movement of tourism, as well as the lack of a civilian airport leads to deprivation of tourism aviation.
