Egypt’s Tourism Development Authority (TDA) demolished Ras Sudr’s prominent kite surfing Camp “Kiteloop”. The order was implemented on Monday, and the entire camp was thoroughly bulldozed down and demolished. Karim Al-khashab, one of the four entrepreneurs who founded the camp, told Enterprise that security forces appeared on Monday with their bulldozers and started to demolish the guestrooms and all the camp’s facilities. They were not given a chance to evacuate the camp and the demolition occurred with no prior notice. Al-Khashab estimated the damage to be in the range of EGP 6 million. Ahmed Aboul Nasr said that Kiteloop was founded in 2011 after young entrepreneurs had rented it from the owner, who didn’t complete the land’s installments to the Tourism Development Authority, a common problem for several landlords in Egypt. In June, Kiteloop’s owners received a demolition warning, hence they decided to pay the money for the land themselves and filed an official request to settle the payments in case the owner refused to pay. However, they were repeatedly told that the priority goes to the owner, according to a statement released by Kiteloop. ” Ever since then we have…
Egyptian Authorities Demolish Ras Sudr Kiteloop Camp, Other Attractions For ‘Violating State Property’
May 23, 2017
