Last summer she told Al Ahram newspaper her three main objectives are to include an environmental dimension in all national policies concerned with the health and behavior of citizens and natural-resources management, to protect our natural and cultural heritage in a sustainable way, and to reduce pollution levels. This is not something that you can accomplish in one or two years. The three remaining ones have taken serious action toward improving their status. All the funds came from Egypt s budget and without a single donor. The second achievement is that we proved that Egyptians could demonstrate an ability to work together to achieve a common goal.
Communal work is a necessity for improving the environment.
Also, we are working with the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources and the Ministry of Tourism on a number of initiatives, such as the eight platforms for floating boats. This project, once finished, will allow 230 floating hotels to channel their waste to the platforms, which will be equipped to receive it. Currently, only half of this number has facilities for the treatment of their waste. My philosophy is to make use of and not discard what others have done, and build on what they have achieved. Egypt is planning to host 16 million tourists in 2017, with 300,000 hotel rooms on the Red Sea Coast.