Flights with tourists began to be canceled in Egypt, although Americans, Englishmen, and Europeans were the first to “run” from the vacation spots. According to Bassem Salah, co-founder and operations manager of Great Wonders of Egypt, American requests to cancel tours began to arrive two weeks after the conflict began on October 7, according to Traveling Lifestyle. At the moment, they are only getting stronger.
“Although the crisis has not reached Egypt, it may affect travel there. Customers from the UK and the US just feel insecure about being in that region and that’s because they don’t know what’s going to happen to us tomorrow,” Salah said.
It should be noted that the US State Department officially maintains the third level of warning or “review travel” regarding Egypt – and since July 13. Tourists should still refrain from visiting the Sinai Peninsula, which is a “particularly dangerous area” bordering Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the region east of Israel. Cairo is also not recommended. Instead, it is recommended to “exercise increased caution.”
In the UK, tourists were also warned that Egypt they are “highly vulnerable to terrorist attacks” and “it is likely that terrorists will try to carry out terrorist attacks in Egypt – and among the dangerous places named places visited by foreigners.
It is quite likely that this is the 10% of refusals, which the Minister of Tourism of Egypt, Ahmed Issa, told reporters at the WTM fair in London. He assessed the impact of the instability caused by the armed conflict in the Middle East on tourism. So far, the situation does not look critical, but experts suggest that Egyptian tourism may suffer serious losses.