Sharm El-Sheikh
Tourism minister voices sorrow over French tourist’s death
Egypt
January 29, 2012
Tourism minister voices sorrow over French tourist’s death
Egyptian Tourism Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour expressed sorrow on Sunday over the death of a French tourist and the…
French tourist killed in shooting in Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt
January 28, 2012
French tourist killed in shooting in Sharm el-Sheikh
Egyptian officials says a French national has been killed in a shooting in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm…
Fears for tourism as Egypt Islamists verge on victory
Egypt
January 4, 2012
Fears for tourism as Egypt Islamists verge on victory
SHARM EL-SHEIKH — On a barren hill in Sharm el-Sheikh, not far from the famous beach resorts with their bikini-clad…
Hotel occupancy down in Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh
Business
January 1, 2012
Hotel occupancy down in Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh
Hotel occupancy in Cairo and the resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh has plunged from 2010, according to the head of…
Egypt 2011 tourism revenues down by a third
Business
December 13, 2011
Egypt 2011 tourism revenues down by a third
Egypt expects to earn about US$9 billion from tourism in 2011, down by about a third on a year earlier…
Mild quake rattles Sharm el-Sheikh, no injuries reported
Egypt
November 19, 2011
Mild quake rattles Sharm el-Sheikh, no injuries reported
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake hit south west of Sharm el-Sheikh at 9:12 am Saturday morning, the Egyptian National Seismic Network…
Disgruntled passenger tries to open plane door mid-flight
Egypt
November 10, 2011
Disgruntled passenger tries to open plane door mid-flight
Security personnel on a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to Cairo Wednesday prevented an Egyptian passenger from opening the aircraft’s emergency…
Bedouin protesters block South Sinai road over land dispute
Egypt
September 21, 2011
Bedouin protesters block South Sinai road over land dispute
Dozens of Sinai Bedouins blocked the highway connecting Sharm el-Sheikh and Dahab from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday, according to security…
Protests in 6 governorates demand expulsion of Israeli ambassador
Egypt
August 26, 2011
Protests in 6 governorates demand expulsion of Israeli ambassador
Thousands of Egyptians protested on Friday in the six different governorates to demand the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to…
Army sends reinforcements to secure Sharm el-Sheikh roads
Egypt
August 22, 2011
Army sends reinforcements to secure Sharm el-Sheikh roads
Egypt’s Third Field Army sent additional troops on Monday to security points along the road leading to Sharm el-Sheikh. Authorities…