Green Sharm’s Peace Park revamp: what visitors can expect
Green Sharm’s next phase is now centred on Peace Park
Sharm El Sheikh’s green transition is no longer just a COP27 legacy slogan. In June 2026, Egypt’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Local Development confirmed that the city’s Green Sharm programme is moving into a new working phase, with Peace Park singled out as one of the headline projects now under review for redevelopment and upgraded visitor services. The official plan is to reorganise and redevelop the museum area inside Peace Park while improving tourism services, with the aim of turning the site into a stronger environmental, cultural and leisure destination for residents and visitors alike.
For readers in Egypt, especially anyone planning a Sinai getaway, that matters because Peace Park is not being treated as a standalone beautification job. It sits inside a much bigger strategy to reposition Sharm El Sheikh as a green tourism city through cleaner energy, better waste systems, protected-area management and more thoughtful visitor infrastructure.
What officials have actually announced
The clearest recent update came on 2 June 2026, when Minister of Local Development and Environment Manal Awad chaired the second steering committee meeting for the Green Sharm project, joined by South Sinai Governor Major General Dr Ismail Kamal, UNDP Egypt Resident Representative Chitose Noguchi, Environment Affairs Agency CEO Sherif Abdel Rahim, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Yomna El-Bahar, Deputy South Sinai Governor Enas Samir and Green Sharm project director Mohamed Aliwa. At that meeting, the ministry said the next phase for Peace Park would preserve the site’s architectural identity and environmental character while reorganising the museum area and upgrading visitor services.
That June meeting also put numbers behind the wider programme. Officials said Green Sharm had already delivered 43 private-sector projects and 7 public-sector projects, with total investments of more than $19.8 million. Separate cabinet reporting later stated that 50 projects had been completed, cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by around 85,100 tonnes.
Before that, on 13 May 2026, Manal Awad met Hossam El-Shaer, head of the Egyptian Federation of Tourist Chambers, to discuss sustainable investment opportunities in Peace Park and other protected areas. The ministry stressed that any private-sector participation must follow strict environmental controls and use designs and materials compatible with the surrounding setting. That is a key detail for anyone worried the park could be over-commercialised: the official line is development, but not at the expense of the site’s ecological identity.
Why Peace Park matters in Sharm El Sheikh
Peace Park has unusual symbolic weight in Sharm. It is the green space associated with the city’s international climate-era image and the area that hosted the COP27 Green Zone. But it is also more local than that. In a September 2025 field visit, the ministry described the park as spanning 33 feddans and highlighted its collection of desert plants, including 37 species of aromatic and medicinal plants specific to South Sinai, alongside exhibitions and museums showcasing Sinai handicrafts and Bedouin culture.
That combination explains why the museum-area revamp matters. This is not only about landscaping. The site already has a cultural and educational role, and the state is now trying to make it function better as a visitor attraction that connects biodiversity, heritage and leisure in one stop.
What the upgrades could mean for a real visit
Official announcements are still at the planning-and-follow-up stage, so there is not yet a published final layout, opening date for the revamped area or public map of the new museum zone. But the direction is clear enough to help local readers understand what is coming.
- A more organised museum precinct: the government has explicitly said the museum area will be reorganised and redeveloped, suggesting a cleaner visitor flow and a more coherent cultural experience rather than scattered displays.
- Better services on site: officials repeatedly mention improved visitor services, which usually points to basics that matter on the ground in Sharm: easier access, upgraded amenities, clearer navigation and a more comfortable stop for families and tour groups.
- A stronger eco-tourism identity: Peace Park is being positioned as part of Sharm’s international green branding, so expect interpretation and programming to lean harder into environment, biodiversity and sustainability.
- More integration with nearby attractions: for many visitors, the practical pairing is likely to be Peace Park with Sharm al-Sheikh Museum, creating an easy culture-and-outdoors half day away from the beach.
A useful pairing: Peace Park and Sharm al-Sheikh Museum
For now, the most concrete museum stop in this area remains Sharm al-Sheikh Museum. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the museum opens daily from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and again from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm, with ticket windows closing at 12:00 pm and 10:00 pm. Current listed ticket prices are EGP 40 for Egyptian adults and EGP 20 for Egyptian students, while foreigner rates are listed at EGP 200 for adults and EGP 100 for students. The museum also lists an audio tour at EGP 30 for Egyptians and EGP 50 for foreigners.
The museum is especially relevant to the Green Sharm story because it has already been part of Sharm’s clean-energy rollout. In January 2024, UNDP announced that Sharm El Sheikh Museum was among five Egyptian heritage sites and museums fitted with solar power stations under the Egypt PV project. In a separate March 2024 visit, UNDP and the European Union said the museum’s large solar car shed had a capacity of 280 kW. More broadly, cabinet reporting in June 2026 said Green Sharm-backed solar projects in the city exceeded 4 megawatts, including installations at Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Sharm El Sheikh Museum, schools, hospitals and hotels.
The bigger Green Sharm picture
Peace Park’s revamp makes more sense when seen inside the wider project timeline. UNDP lists Green Sharm as an ongoing programme running from 1 April 2022 to June 2028. Its stated goal is to turn Sharm El Sheikh into a model sustainable tourism city through lower-carbon technologies, better waste management and stronger protection of natural assets.
Recent measures already underway elsewhere in South Sinai show what that can look like in practice. In April 2026, the environment ministry reviewed the new electronic fee collection system at Ras Mohammed National Park. In May 2026, it announced the first phase of installing 50 eco-friendly mooring buoys for tourist yachts and dive sites in Sharm El Sheikh and Ras Mohammed to help protect coral reefs. The ministry has also called for expanding sustainable transport, electric buses, reuse of treated wastewater for irrigating green spaces and improved solid-waste systems in Sharm’s tourist marinas.
What locals and holidaymakers should watch next
For now, the smart takeaway is that Peace Park is moving from concept to implementation, but visitors should not expect a fully public-facing relaunch all at once. The key things to watch over the coming months are a tender or investment announcement for the park’s second-stage works, more detailed design information for the museum area, and on-the-ground changes to visitor facilities.
For Egypt-based travellers, especially families driving or flying in for a Sharm break, this is one of the more interesting local tourism developments in South Sinai because it adds depth to the city’s offer. Sharm has never struggled for sea views, diving boats or resort pools. What it has been building more deliberately is a better mix of culture, ecology and easy daytime attractions. If Peace Park’s museum-area revamp is delivered well, it could become one of the city’s most useful non-beach stops: photographable, educational and genuinely tied to Sharm El Sheikh’s new green identity.