Hurghada

Tourist boat catches fire in Hurghada – investigation underway

A fire broke out on a tourist boat in Hurghada on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, during docking procedures, RT Arabic reported. Emergency crews quickly doused the flames, fortunately reporting no casualties. Red Sea Security Director, Hassan Abdel Aziz, was notified that a tourist boat had caught fire while mooring at a prominent hotel marina on …

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Egypt Independent May 22, 2025

Deadly submarine sinking in Hurghada leaves 6 dead, 23 injured

The tourist submarine Sindbad, carrying 50 people including 45 tourists of various nationalities (notably Russians, Indians, Norwegians, and Swedes) and 5 Egyptian crew, sank off the coast of Hurghada, the Red Sea Governorate’s operations room confirmed. The ambulance operations room and relevant authorities were notified. 21 ambulances rushed to the scene, and rescue operations began …

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Egypt Independent March 28, 2025

New tourist walkway inaugurated in Hurghada

Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi on Tuesday inaugurated the third and final phase of the new tourist walkway north of Hurghada, bringing the total length of its phases to eight kilometers at a cost of up to LE100 million as a community contribution from the owners of hotels and tourist villages. Hanafi said that the …

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Egypt Independent January 24, 2024

Egypt opens first 3 man-made diving sites off Hurghada

The Red Sea Governorate on Monday celebrated the opening of the first three man-made diving sites off the beaches of Hurghada, in coordination with the Red Sea Reserves and the Hurghada Environmental Conservation Association. The inauguration featured the participation of dozens of Egyptian and foreign divers. This comes to further develop diving tourism, offering a …

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Egypt Independent September 27, 2023

Egypt, JICA probe developing Hurghada, Borg El Arab airports

Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Abbas Helmy has met with Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Egypt Office Kato Ken and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of some officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Egyptian Airports Company, to discuss development projects at a number of Egyptian airports. The …

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Egypt Independent April 14, 2023

Air Cairo starts new flights to Hurghada from Budapest, Milan and Naples

Budapest International Airport announced that the low-cost Egyptian company Air Cairo has taken nearly 40,000 one-way seats to Egypt from next year’s reservations. Air Cairo has therefore obtained 16 percent of the total weekly seats across all routes at the airport, and will carry its passengers on board its fleet of 180-seat A320s and 110-seat …

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Egypt Independent December 29, 2022

First UK’s Wizz Air flights between Luton, Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada launched

On Monday, Khaled Fouda, Governor of South Sinai, and Ghada Shalaby, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities attended the inauguration ceremony of the first scheduled flights of the low-cost airline Wizz Air. There will be subsequent flights between Luton, UK, and Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, an official statement by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities …

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Egypt Independent November 4, 2022

Tourists invited to spend winter in Hurghada at cost less than heating cost in the UK

The UK’s Easy Jet tourism company announced a program under its slogan “Escape the UK in Winter”, where it invites British nationals to travel to Egypt to spend the winter at a low cost less than the cost of heating in the UK during the same period. The Sun newspaper quoted the company’s statement as …

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Egypt Independent October 29, 2022

Hurghada airport receives 12,000 European tourists on 78 flights

On Friday, Hurghada International Airport in the Red Sea received 78 regular and charter flights from various European airports, carrying about 12,000 European tourists. German tourists topped the number of European nationalities coming to Hurghada. Egypt’s tourism industry has been recently getting back on its feet following the knock-on effect to the country’s economic sector due …

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Egypt Independent September 2, 2022

Sudden power outage occurs in entire Hurghada city

A sudden power outage occurred in the entire city of Hurghada because of the low voltage at Mubarak 6 transformer station due to the humidity of the air, which affected the transformers, A source at the Red Sea electricity company revealed. The power outage lasted for about half an hour, he added. The electricity company …

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Egypt Independent August 26, 2022

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