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Concepts for safe tourism in Egypt
Egypt wants to attract tourists back to the Red Sea vacation areas by summer at the latest, ideally from April/May, with a special Corona safety concept. "We want to create safe corridors where there is complete security for tourists," said Egyptian Ambassador to Berlin Khaled Galal Abdelhamid. He said the concept will include a whole range of measures from limiting the number of passengers on planes to mandatory tests on entry and exit.
The plan is to start with the resorts of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, which are popular with Austrian, German and Swiss (D/A/CH) tourists. "We hope to start this in the summer, but maybe as early as April or May 2021."
Egypt has reported 139,471 Corona infections and 7,687 deaths to WHO so far (as of Jan. 3). That is significantly fewer than in Germany, although Egypt does have a population of 98.42 million. In its travel advice, the German Foreign Office points out that due to the testing strategy in Egypt, a relatively high number of unreported cases and currently unchanged high infection figures can be assumed.
The new security corridors should ensure that the travel warning is lifted. Currently, there is a warning regarding tourist travels and not necessary travels to Egypt.