Sharm El-Sheikh
Street performer wows tourists in Naama Bay
Life & Style
November 13, 2015
Street performer wows tourists in Naama Bay
At Sharm el-Sheikh’s most famous tourist promenade, a daredevil act by a skilled street performer forced passersby to stop and…
Sharm el-Sheikh airport expects 50 international, domestic flights Thursday
Egypt
November 12, 2015
Sharm el-Sheikh airport expects 50 international, domestic flights Thursday
Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport Director Abdel Wahab Ali expects 50 scheduled international and domestic flights on Thursday.The flights will be…
Sisi insists Egypt is ‘safe’ during surprise Sharm el-Sheikh airport visit
Egypt
November 11, 2015
Sisi insists Egypt is ‘safe’ during surprise Sharm el-Sheikh airport visit
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the fatal crash of a Russian airliner in Sinai was “an individual incident”, urging the…
VIDEO: Egypt’s tourism sector awaits potential blow following Russian plane crash
Egypt
November 11, 2015
VIDEO: Egypt’s tourism sector awaits potential blow following Russian plane crash
Following the October 31 crash of a Russian passenger plane that killed 224 civilians, speculation over whether or not the…
Resort owners scramble to woo back Sharm tourists
Egypt
November 10, 2015
Resort owners scramble to woo back Sharm tourists
As visitors stranded after the crash of a Russian airliner stream home from Egypt, the Red Sea resort of Sharm…
Social media users, artists launch campaigns to support Sharm el-Sheikh tourism
Egypt
November 9, 2015
Social media users, artists launch campaigns to support Sharm el-Sheikh tourism
Days after Britain and Russia announced the cancellation of flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, users on social networking websites launched a…
Sharm el-Sheikh airport officials reveal porous security
Egypt
November 8, 2015
Sharm el-Sheikh airport officials reveal porous security
The airport at Egypt's resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has long seen gaps in security, including a key baggage scanning device…
Frustration, scrutiny and sadness in Sharm el-Sheikh
Opinion
November 8, 2015
Frustration, scrutiny and sadness in Sharm el-Sheikh
In Sharm el-Sheikh the messages are mixed, with differing assessments of what may have caused Metrojet Flight 9268 to crash,…
Marathon to promote tourism organized in Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt
November 6, 2015
Marathon to promote tourism organized in Sharm el-Sheikh
A marathon to promote tourism was launched Friday morning at Ras Mohammed natural reserve in Sharm el-Sheikh where 70 tourists…
KLM implements hand luggage only policy on flight out of Cairo
Egypt
November 6, 2015
KLM implements hand luggage only policy on flight out of Cairo
The Dutch airline KLM has told passengers departing Cairo they can only take hand luggage. Security officials in the Egyptian capital,…