Egypt
- Egypt Tourism Remains In Disarray
Al Masry Al Youm From the Pyramids of Giza to the Red Sea resorts, tourist numbers have plummeted to just a trickle, dealing a devastating blow to the millions of Egyptians whose livelihoods depend on the 14 million or so visitors who once thronged to...
- British Goverment Updates Advice On Travel To Egypt
UK Foreign and Commenwealth Office - 15th February 2011 This advice has been updated with new amendments to the Travel Summary and Safety and Security Political Situation. We continue to advise against all but essential travel to Cairo (all four governorates,...
- Travel: A Step Back In Time
The South African (Melinda Varley) Many thanks to Diane for sending me this link. Egypt is a popular destination for travellers, offering world class diving conditions, heaps of visual history and action packed adventure. There are many tour operators...
- Tourism: New Bmi Cairo Route (uk)
Travelbite I am assuming that BMI is British Midland International: Holidaymakers looking for flights to the Egyptian capital this autumn will have more choice as BMI launches a new daily route to Cairo. The flights, departing from London Heathrow, will...
- 7 New Wonders
http://www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp?id=43564&nav=21 In a recent poll to find a new "7 wonders of the world", readers of a UK travel magazine relegated the pyramids to 8th place: "Readers of Wanderlust , Britain's leading magazine for real...
Egypt
More re Cairo protests
If anyone is daft enough to be sight-seeing in Cairo at the moment, the latest and most unsurprising news from the BBC is that access to the pyramids at Giza has been closed by the military.
Travel news for British travellers, also from the BBC is that British Airways has chartered a plan to evacuate anyone who wishes to leave.
Other tour companies are also taking action - which is probably just as well as the Associated Press report that 1500-2000 travellers, both foreign tourists and Egyptians, have been arriving at Cairo airport to find flights out of the country. See the Associated Press for some details.
Travel news for British travellers, also from the BBC is that British Airways has chartered a plan to evacuate anyone who wishes to leave.
Other tour companies are also taking action - which is probably just as well as the Associated Press report that 1500-2000 travellers, both foreign tourists and Egyptians, have been arriving at Cairo airport to find flights out of the country. See the Associated Press for some details.
- Egypt Tourism Remains In Disarray
Al Masry Al Youm From the Pyramids of Giza to the Red Sea resorts, tourist numbers have plummeted to just a trickle, dealing a devastating blow to the millions of Egyptians whose livelihoods depend on the 14 million or so visitors who once thronged to...
- British Goverment Updates Advice On Travel To Egypt
UK Foreign and Commenwealth Office - 15th February 2011 This advice has been updated with new amendments to the Travel Summary and Safety and Security Political Situation. We continue to advise against all but essential travel to Cairo (all four governorates,...
- Travel: A Step Back In Time
The South African (Melinda Varley) Many thanks to Diane for sending me this link. Egypt is a popular destination for travellers, offering world class diving conditions, heaps of visual history and action packed adventure. There are many tour operators...
- Tourism: New Bmi Cairo Route (uk)
Travelbite I am assuming that BMI is British Midland International: Holidaymakers looking for flights to the Egyptian capital this autumn will have more choice as BMI launches a new daily route to Cairo. The flights, departing from London Heathrow, will...
- 7 New Wonders
http://www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp?id=43564&nav=21 In a recent poll to find a new "7 wonders of the world", readers of a UK travel magazine relegated the pyramids to 8th place: "Readers of Wanderlust , Britain's leading magazine for real...