South Sinai
Investors want services upgraded to reflect flight tax increase
Egypt
October 12, 2015
Investors want services upgraded to reflect flight tax increase
Investors in the Red Sea have demanded tourist services be improved in support of a recent decree by the presidency…
Heavy rains in South Sinai close Wadi Teir-Nuweiba road
Egypt
September 15, 2015
Heavy rains in South Sinai close Wadi Teir-Nuweiba road
Heavy rainfall in South Sinai caused the closure of the Wadi Teir-Nuweiba road on Tuesday. The Nuweiba-Taba road was closed earlier…
Egypt officials say Sinai militants kill 1 civilian, wound 4
Egypt
September 13, 2015
Egypt officials say Sinai militants kill 1 civilian, wound 4
Egyptian security officials say a mortar shell fired by militants hit a home in the restive northern Sinai town of…
Rain closes roads, disrupts tourism in Upper Egypt, Red Sea
Egypt
September 13, 2015
Rain closes roads, disrupts tourism in Upper Egypt, Red Sea
Heavy rainfall and floods have overwhelmed areas of Upper Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula recently, with several roads forced to…
South Sinai investors recommend 2-year halt to property tax
Business
August 22, 2015
South Sinai investors recommend 2-year halt to property tax
Investors in South Sinai are demanding a moratorium for real estate taxes as an incentive for an already reeling tourism…
UK recommends ‘only essential travel’ west of Delta
Egypt
August 16, 2015
UK recommends ‘only essential travel’ west of Delta
The United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised British visitors to Egypt to abstain from travel to regions…
Official: LE150 million allocated for surveillance cameras in Red Sea, South Sinai
Economy
August 13, 2015
Official: LE150 million allocated for surveillance cameras in Red Sea, South Sinai
Tourism Ministry has allocated LE150 million to install surveillance cameras in the Red Sea and South Sinai governorates, as part of…
Eco-tourism: Foreigners unite to clean Dahab’s beaches
Life & Style
July 11, 2015
Eco-tourism: Foreigners unite to clean Dahab’s beaches
On a warm but breezy morning, seven people headed off from the Blue Hole, about 10 km north of Dahab,…
UPDATE: Sheikh Zuweid police station siege ends
Egypt
July 1, 2015
UPDATE: Sheikh Zuweid police station siege ends
A senior security official has told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the siege on a police station in Sheikh Zuweid was lifted…
Investors meet South Sinai governor over St. Catherine city development
Egypt
June 25, 2015
Investors meet South Sinai governor over St. Catherine city development
Atef Abdellatif, a member of South Sinai Investors Association, said that the governor of South Sinai Major General Khalid Fouda…