The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s
(UNESCO) regional office in Cairo said on Saturday that the White Desert
National Park in the New Valley governorate would become the first Egyptian
geological park to join UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
The White Desert became a natural park in 2002, with a total size of
around 3010 Km. The park is located 570 km away from south-west of Cairo and 45
km away from the Farafra Oasis.
Professor of Geology at faculty of science in Alexandria University
Manal Fawzi stated that the national park was selected along with two tourist
sites from Egypt, with Lebanon and Kuwait also submitting requests.
The credential papers are to be submitted to UNESCO in October of this
year.
The park contains rare caves, remains of old mummies and carved
inscriptions, sand dunes, geological compositions of limestone rocks, rare
plants and animals such as the Rhim gazelle, Fennec fox, and Barbary sheep.
Director of the Regional Authority for activation of tourism in the New
Valley governorate Khaled Hassan said that Trip Advisor website, specialized at
Tourism and Travel affairs, selected the park on top of the best 20 tourist
sites worldwide, urging the government to move domestic airplanes from the park
to Luxor and Hurghada to increase tourism.
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