Agriculture:

Luxor’s temperate climate is ideal for agriculture, and together with cheap labor account for the fact that large areas are being developed to grow specialized crops such as cantaloupes and grapes. 16,600 feddans are being developed in the east bank and 5,400 feddans in the west bank.

 Many of the crops are for export only, and the old Luxor airport has been designated to carry commercial flights to Europe directly. The new highways linking many tourist cities to Luxor area also used to deliver the produce to places such as Hurghada and Safaga and Aswan.

In addition there is a large forest in Luxor that provides much needed wood and “gatrofa’ oil which is used in airplanes.

To encourage investment in agriculture, new areas are opened for development in the East and West Bank and there are around 3000 feddans ready for wood production. Two new facilities for sewage have been built, and there is plenty of land available for beef and chicken production.