Red Sea Tourism & Shopping Festival an effective way for presentation of tourism in East Sudan
04 December, 2012
By: Sumaya Abdul Nabi
Port Sudan (Sudanow)—The Red Sea Tourism and Shopping Festival is one of the prominent touristic festivals in the Sudan. It is part of efforts aimed at introducing tourism in East Sudan and at activating internal tourism and attracting foreign tourists. The Red Sea State is the Sudan’s number one touristic region because it possesses the world’s purest coast in addition to its islands, protectorates, aquatic life and coral reefs besides the diving tourism, under-water photographing and fishing.
The Red Sea Government organizes annual festivals for displaying the touristic features, demonstrating the cultural and ethnic heritage and spotlighting the historic antiquities of the region
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The sixth session of the Red Sea Tourism and Shopping Festival has recently been inaugurated in the Red Sea capital Port Sudan to continue from November 22 to March 15.
Mohamed Tahir Mohamed Awadab, the Director of the Tourism Administration in the Red Sea State, told (SUDANOW) that they seek, through the festival, to introduce the Red Sea as one of the country’s most important touristic regions.
He said this is the sixth session of the festival which, according to Awadab, achieves a significant success each year. It has contributed to reactivating domestic tourism and to making the Red Sea a Ka’abah for tourists from different parts of the Sudan as well as foreign tourists, he said.
“We have virgin and clean beaches that attract the divers, with a clear vision under the crystal water,” Awadab boasted. He added that region is rich in numerous kinds of coral reefs and coloured fish of a fascinating sight. There are numbers of amphibious animals such as the sea turtles, he said
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The official said the water opposite Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast is warm and clear, encouraging the diving and sailing tourism. There are around 400 kinds of coral reefs, including a coral reef protectorate in Sanganib and Danganab, Awadab said.
The festival provides an opportunity for presenting the cultural heritage of the Red Sea region which is renowned for a diverse social fabric comprising different tribes producing a unique cultural heritage
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Tariq Baraka, member of the arts and painters association in the Red Sea, told (SUDANOW) that the festival is an important cultural event that offers an opportunity for I traducing to the public the region’s cultural and historic legacy. The festival consists of symposiums and lectures on the culture of East Sudan in addition to arts gala nights and exhibitions of the region’s music folklore.
The city of Port Sudan is situated in north-east Sudan on the western coast of the Red Sea at an altitude of two meters of the sea level. It is the Sudan’s main sea port and is the capital of the Red Sea State, with a population of 579,942 people (according to the 2011 estimates). It is one of the big cities in the Sudan and in the Red Sea and it is the country’s eastern gateway. It lies in a 60-km wide coastal plain sloping from the west to the east consisting of surface alluvial rocks on the east and sand dunes on the west and southwest and coral reefs. The plain is permeated by streams forming valleys and streams flowing from the west of the city to the Red Sea coast.
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In an effort to reactivate domestic tourism and minimize the numbers of Sudanese travelling abroad for vacations, the Ministry f Tourism formulated a programme called “My Vacation is Sudanese”. This programme targets the Sudanese families and different age groups to get acquainted with the beauty of the country through domestic tourism in a number of the country’s states. “My Vacation is Sudanese” programme is a partnership of the Ministry of Tourism and the private sector. It encourages summer domestic tourism for university students, the civil society organizations and the businessmen. It is concerned with promotion, organization of tourist delegations, and selection of residence places and provision of services.
In light of statistics issued by the Ministry of Tourism, the economic proceeds from tourism in the country during 2011 rose to 671,9 million dollars, up by 10.3 million dollars compared to 2010.
The foreign tourists who entered the Sudan in 2011 reached 536,400 tourists who spent 671.9 million dollars
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