Meeting Report #4 

Agency:  

Tourism Development Authority, Red Sea Branch  

Interviewed person:  

Eng. Hani El Hakiem, Director 

Date of Meeting: 

April 29

th

, 2002 

Participants: 

Mr. Ahmed El Ibiary, Legal Consultant 

Eng. Salah M. Abdel Razek, Institutional 

Development consultant 

Mr. Abd Allah Eliwa, Red Sea Protectorate Office 

Purpose of the meeting: 

To identify scope of work of the Agency and areas for 

improvement in cooperation with Red Sea rangers   

Main Outcomes:  

Scope of work of the agency regarding environmental 

protection could be summarized in the following: 

o 

Encourage environmentally sound, private 

investment in tourism development.

o 

Establish tourist zones and oversee the 

implementation of development planes for them.

o 

Develop infrastructure schemes in these zones 

and recover their costs.

o 

Monitor the application of environmental 

regulations. 

In carrying out these responsibilities, TDA has the 

authority to acquire and sell tourism development 

lands and retain the income and to charge fees for 

assessing and monitoring projects. 

TDA has therefore already taken a key decision in 

tourism development: the location, extant and 

configuration of the initial lands that will be 

converted from their natural state to resort 

development and its related uses. 

There are many other important development and 

environmental management responsibilities that 

reside with TDA

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