How to Sharm el-Sheikh and other resorts of Egypt turns into a ghost town

Arab Spring hit the tourist industry in Egypt is very strong. Until 2011, the country of sands and pyramids visited annually by 15 million people. The revolution has helped to reduce the flow of tourists by almost a third. Now began to visit Egypt each year only 11 million people and the number is rapidly declining. The explosion of the passenger aircraft, completely kills the tourism in the country.

A man removes debris from empty hotel

unfinished hotel just thrown

Il Mercato Mall has no customers

Many animals abandoned as they do not cover even their own food. Now they are looking for food

The next hotels that have thrown in an unfinished state

Rangers in front of the Botanical Gardens

For some golf courses are still looked after

the guards still have a job ... but for how long?

The complete absence of buyers

Photo Square made November 8

Restaurants and cafes do not collect even a quarter of the rooms

Taxi drivers have not wanted

Tourists on the areas no longer meet

The beaches and pools are empty

This does not mean that there is no tourist hotels in Egypt. They are, but the number of rooms is not filled more than 22%. The ban on flights to Egypt operates in Russia and the UK, but it was enough to completely bring down several sectors of the economy. So many tourist centers have become ghost towns.

: Fishki.net