The financial interests of serving and retired officers are particularly high in sectors such as food – especially olive oil, bread, milk and water – cement and petrol, construction and hotels. The army benefits from putting conscripts to work on building sites as cheap labour, especially on gated communities for the rich and resorts for the booming tourism sector. The military owns massive amounts of land, especially in strategic areas such as the Red Sea Coast which have become fantastically valuable as tourism has boomed.