Hurghada

Hurghada 

Hurghada gained its name from the tree Algrdq ,  which grows in abundance in this region. was the fishermen come from the Arabian Peninsula and meet when trees Algrkd. The confluence of fishermen point after the completion of fishing when Algrkd tree with a significant rise. There was at that time a continuous frequency of a specific phrase "when we meet Algrkd", including the recently derived the name of Hurghada. [citation needed] were constructed recreational break in the position of the tree of King Farouk . After nationalization in the era of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, this building has become the club 's armed forces for water sports, and signed now before the Tourist Information Centre in the city.

The city's history is very short, there is no any traces or temples or mention of this city in ancient Egyptian history . Hurghada was a meeting place for fishermen coming from the Arabian Peninsula tribes Alaghinh and Rashaida and Almezh, and the city at the time were not only a set of primitive houses was inhabited by nomads, stationed mainly in the area of the scaffold. The work of the region's population in fishing and dried , and hunting pearls .

Oil was discovered in the area in 1913, and began production economic for export wells Hurghada in 1921. The oils English Aabar Egyptian Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of the group Shell Global )  of the first companies that started in oil production in this region. Hurghada production totaled oil from the date of discovery to 1996 (41.448 million barrels). Although production has been significantly reduced transfer a large number of workers to Ras Gharib fields and the company in Sinai such as Ras Sidr , leaving only a limited number of workers until 1954 to exceed the number of 40 workers. With a drop in oil production Hurghada Services adopted as the capital of the province.

Sheraton Hurghada Hotel opened in 1963

Tourism has remained in the individual period for fans of the sea. King Farouk much break saw of Visits King where he hunting trips, and after the revolution turned into a break for Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, who purchased the seven fishing boats were distributed to fishermen was establishment of an association for fishermen take over providing services to them and control the sale of fish from fishermen Company fisheries. Hotel opened Sheraton Hurghada in 1963 -klv million pounds Tgariba- by Sheraton International Company was converted from oil production to tourism Vsdor Ministerial Decree No. 70 of 1964 as the Red Sea Province tourist but I stayed Hurghada in reliance on the fishing industry and to provide services and the center point to maintain the various administrative and directorates have been established Srbacks fish factory and company marketing of fish and tourism remained limited at the Sheraton Hotel and Mermaid. 

The early eighties saw a huge surge in tourism.  The Working Youssef Afifi The first to launch Hurghada development projects to be converted into a tourist city.