Egypt travel News

A declaration from Egyptian Ministery of Tourism stated so it places the highest concern regarding safety of tourists.

"We have enhanced safety steps in place whatsoever our sites and now we consistently take every feasible measure to ensure that no harm comes to anyone visiting Egypt, " it stated.

The scene in Luxor after these days's bombing(Photo: Reuters)

International tourism figures in Egypt peaked this year at 14.7million visitors before the 2011 change, after that fell dramatically, experiencing a nadir in 2013 of 9.4million. Last year saw an increase to 9.8million.

Nearly all Britons going to the country head to the Red Sea hotels, that have been largely resistant into the unrest of the last few years. Many, but utilize Cairo as a base for examining the pyramids of Giza. The capital features seen a rise in bomb attacks lately, the international Office said.

The nation has been doing chaos since the Tahrir Square change of February 2011, with some lethal assaults, primarily in Northern Sinai but also targeted at authorities checkpoints and objectives somewhere else.

A blast regarding eve for the third anniversary regarding the 2011 change hit Cairo town center, destroying the main authorities headquarters and damaging various other buildings, such as the Museum of Islamic Art, the Egyptian nationwide Library and a courthouse. Another bomb exploded in Dokki, over the lake from downtown Cairo, and a third in Giza.

Statues of sphinx at Luxor (picture: Fotolia/AP)

Travellers who would like to terminate a future trip to Luxor will likely not be able to do so cost-free, unless the international Office alerts against vacation truth be told there.

Schedule of unrest

• – Egyptians level nationwide demonstrations from the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. A huge selection of protesters tend to be killed as Mubarak along with his allies attempt to crush the uprising.

• Feb 11 – Mubarak measures down and converts power to the army. The military dissolves parliament and suspends the constitution, meeting two crucial needs of protesters.

• Mar 19 – in the 1st post-Mubarak vote, Egyptians cast ballots on constitutional amendments sponsored because of the armed forces. The steps tend to be overwhelmingly authorized

• Oct 9 – Troops crush a protest by Christians in Cairo over a chapel attack, killing over 25 protesters.

• might 23 – 24, 2012 – initial round of voting in presidential elections has an industry of 13 candidates. Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under Mubarak, emerge as the top two finishers, to handle both in a run-off.

• Summer 16-17 – Egyptians vote in the presidential run-off between Morsi and Shafiq. Morsi wins with 51.7 percent of the vote.

• June 30 – Morsi takes his oath of office.

• Aug 12 – Morsi sales the pension associated with the top Mubarak-era leadership of this armed forces.

The wrecked Museum of Islamic Art

• Nov 22 – Morsi unilaterally decrees greater powers for himself, providing his decisions resistance from judicial review and barring the courts from dissolving the constituent system and also the upper home of parliament. The move sparks days of protests.

• Dec 4 – above 100, 000 protesters march from the presidential palace, demanding the termination for the referendum while the writing of a brand new constitution. The very next day, Islamists attack an anti-Morsi sit-in, sparking road battles that leave at least 10 lifeless.