EXCLUSIVE: Egypt eyes guarantees for tourist resort in deal on Greek monastery

EXCLUSIVE: Egypt eyes guarantees for tourist resort in deal on Greek monastery

A UNESCO treasure in Egypt’s Sinai could get a tourism boom around it, if Greece and Cairo can agree on how to protect it

EXCLUSIVE: Egypt eyes guarantees for tourist resort in deal on Greek monastery - Coptic Solidarity

By Sarantis Michalopoulos – Euractiv ATHENS – The Egyptian government is seeking guarantees to build a massive tourist resort around one of Christianity’s oldest living sites, according to a document seen by Euractiv. The 6th-century Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint Catherine, designated by UNESCO as a site of “outstanding universal value,” sits at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt’s desert south. In May, it lost its land rights after an Egyptia…