Wadi Degla Nature and Local Cultures Festival aims to boost ecotourism

Local cultures festival to boost Egypt’s ecotourism: The Environment Ministry organized last week the three-day Nature and Local Cultures Festival at the Wadi Degla protectorate to promote ecotourism by showcasing the diversity of Egypt’s natural reserves, Xinhua reports. The festival’s aim, according to the ministry’s director of environmental development, was to introduce traditional activities and customs that are part of the heritage of local communities — such as cooking methods, dance, and making handicrafts — to better integrate these communities into government efforts to protect the environment.