Tourism industry creates jobs and wealth and has tremendous potential to contribute to economically, environmentally and socially sustainable development in both developed countries and emerging nations. It has a comparative advantage in that its start up and running costs can be low compared to many other forms of industry development. It is also often one of the few realistic options for development in many areas. Therefore, there is a strong likelihood that the Travel & Tourism industry will continue to grow globally over the short to medium term. In this context, the Forum established the Tourism Strategy Group.

Objectives
-  The Strategy Group will work towards activating the tourism industry in Egypt.

-  Participate in putting a new scope for the Egyptian touristic map.

-  Special events shall be arranged to strengthen the marketing and organizational process in the Egyptian touristic industry.

Strategy Group Work Plan

 -  Organizing different touristic activities and delegation meetings from the country members in different communities which Egypt subscribes with.

-  Clarifying the opportunities of touristic investments categorized by economic importance and extent of its completion with the current projects.

-  Clarifying interference, repetitions and opposition between different organizations working in the field and achieving practical applicable solutions.

-  Encouraging tourism of conferences to promote development the Egyptian tourism industry. 

-  Promote cultural and entertainment touristic activities to build a unified base that can encourage economic cooperation between Egypt and other countries in the future.

-  Open Channels of communications with the actual workers community in the touristic field to scan opinions and impressions of tourists and locate points of weakness and strengths.

Governance
-  The Group has a chairman and a vice-chairman.

-  The Group will hold a minimum of one meeting per month, and is reporting to the Forum's Executive Board. The Group may hold more than one meeting when necessary.

Contacts
Chairman: James Pringle, Kharafi Group
Co-Chairman:
E-mail: tourismsg@eieforum.org