Marsa Alam was mainly a fishing village on Egypt 's Red Sea coast 132km, from Al-Quseir. Well known and famous among divers and fishing enthusiasts.

Nowadays, with a new international airport recently opened, Marsa Alam has great potentials to become one of the most important diving spots not only in Egypt but in the whole world, a number of tourism projects and many new hotels are taking place.

The airport was actually a part of a larger development project designed to create a state of the art resort area in Port Ghaleb, including about 1,000 marina and port, with a dock-side harbor, yacht club and spa, along with a highly animated town center and a marina area; on the marina there will be shops, galleries, boutiques,

restaurants and bistros, nightclubs, discos and a casino. In addition, there will be a conference center and festival hall, along with a combined desert and links golf course. The private marina will not only be the largest in the Middle East , but an international sea-gateway for yachts to visit Egypt . The untouched coral reefs at Marsa Alam are spectacular for snorkeling or diving. The mountains surrounding Marsa Alam are definitely worth exploring.

Only a short time ago, it would seem that most of the accommodations at Marsa Alam were tent camps, but now, many new, fine hotels have been built.