Executive-President of Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) Mohammed al-Khayat said on Sunday that the NREA had signed a soft loan agreement valued at JPY11.3 billion (approximately US$106 million) with the Japan International Cooperation...اقرأ المزيد
Diving and marine activities in the Red Sea cities Hurghada, Gouna, and Safaga were suspended on Thursday due to bad weather and rising waves of the Red Sea. Former Head of the Red Sea’s Tourist Chamber of Diving affirmed that security bodies sent warning...اقرأ المزيد
Hurghada’s Rescue and Environmental Protection Society (REPS) announced on Wednesday that they had successfully found the Austrian tourist unharmed after he was reported missing in the Red Sea yesterday, reported Al-Masry Al-Youm. President of REPS...اقرأ المزيد
EgyptAir denied news reports about a snake allegedly being on board one of its passenger planes heading from Cairo to Kuwait on Saturday, according to a statement released by the company. In the Saturday statement, the company denounced the reports as...اقرأ المزيد
The Red Sea Chamber of Tourist Companies revealed on Wednesday that tourist arrivals to Hurghada reached 174,000 from 27 different countries in February. According to the Chamber’s statistics, the number of tourist arrivals increased by 20,000 compared...اقرأ المزيد
Hurghada International Airport on Friday received the first charter flight from the East Midlands Airport carrying 275 tourists after such flights from the airport were halted two years ago. The new flight is scheduled to be operated on a weekly basis...اقرأ المزيد
A Russian media delegation visited Hurghada on Friday to review the preparations of the Red Sea Governorate to start receiving Russian tourists during the coming period, as well as the security procedures in the governorate’s airports. Red Sea Governor...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian authorities have tightened security measure in cities in the Red Sea governorate in preparation for New Year celebrations. Several checkpoints were set up in Hurghada and traffic police were noticeably present, especially in touristic areas ahead...اقرأ المزيد
A large fire broke out on a tourist boat on Saturday in the Red Sea close to Hurghada’s al-Qyadat area. Naval authorities could not confirm whether or not there were people on the vessel. Chief of the Rescue and Environmental Protection Society (REPS),...اقرأ المزيد
The British ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, revealed in a ‘tweet’ on Monday that the number of British tourists in Egypt is up by 74 percent in 2017, adding that he will continue supporting efforts to increase the figure. Casson posted photos of...اقرأ المزيد