Egypt offers attractive deals to bring new residents to Sinai
Egypt is encouraging citizens to relocate to Sinai, offering incentives to potential residents to shore up the current calm in the territory.
CAIRO — Egypt is offering substantial incentives for its citizens to relocate to Sinai, especially the north, under a national plan to change the demographics of the territory and end its isolation.
The North Sinai Governorate invites Egyptians to leave their homes across Egypt to start a new life in 10 newly constructed agricultural communities in the governorate. Cairo hopes to move thousands of its citizens to these settlements and another seven in South Sinai in the coming months.
These settlements are part of a multi-billion-dollar plan by Cairo to tap into Sinai's economic potential.
"The economic potentials of Sinai have not been fully exploited yet," Deputy North Sinai Governor Hesham al-Khouli told Al-Monitor. "Increasing the local population will contribute to Sinai's development."
