The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice on travel to Egypt remains largely unchanged. The FCO continues to warn against non-essential travel to Cairo (the four governorates, including Giza, site of the Pyramids), Alexandria and Suez.
However, the Office is no longer advising against travel to Luxor.
Thomas Cook, one of the biggest travel groups providing holidays in Egypt, has not changed its stance on travel to the Red Sea resort areas.
In a statement on its website, the group says: “Our experienced teams on the ground assure us that no tourist areas at the Red Sea have been affected in any way by the recent demonstrations.
“They are fully operational and holidaymakers are continuing to enjoy the popular resorts of Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada.”
Thomson, the other big player, has not changed its advice either.
“Holidaymakers in Sharm el Sheikh, Taba, Hurghada and Marsa Alam are continuing to enjoy their break as normal.”
The travel group is resuming its holidays to Luxor and Nile cruises from Wednesday, 23 February.
Tourism is worth about $10 billion to the Egyptian economy each year and the industry employs more than 12 per cent of the workforce.
Almost one-and-a-half million British tourists went on holiday to Egypt last year. In total, the country welcomed more than 14 million tourists in 2010.
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