Prof/ Ahmed Ghallab Mohamed _Aswan University president declared that Dr. Saeda Afana _ head of tourism administration department and head of the crowd marketing of the conference_ participated with a research paper entitled “converting old villages to heritage villages as tourist resorts”, through the events of the fifth international conference for sustainable, integral development and future prospects (online), she indicated through the fifth international conference for sustainable development through participation of Middle East University with its partnerships “Egypt future foundation for sustainable development” and Faros University that its event will be held in Luxor and Aswan (online) from 10/12 to 14/12/2020, she illustrated in the paper the importance of maintaining the old villages and restructuring functionally in order to employ the workforce by enabling women in the villages to work in old handicrafts and work to revive the heritage of crafts from making porcelain to making glass and popular foods and providing the opportunity to teach tourists with these crafts.
Prof. Ahmed Ghallab added that the interest in these crafts through this research works to improve the economic situation of the village residents, the governorate and the state, and Dr. Saeda recommended the necessity to implement the idea of converting old villages into heritage tourist resorts in all Arab countries to preserve the continuity and sustainability of these villages and ancient crafts as tourist destinations to consolidate customs, traditions and the common Arab heritage.