Sharm el-Sheikh and other resorts of Egypt turn into ghost towns: 20 photos

It's amazing how quickly things change! "Arab Spring" hit the economy of Egypt, and recent events have not turned in favor of "the country of sands and pyramids" .Before 2011 Egypt every year 15 million people visited. Revolution 'helped' to reduce the flow of tourists by almost a third. Explosion passenger aircraft also added people desire to rest on the Egyptian resorts. < Website

The man removes debris from empty hotel

unfinished hotel just thrown

Il Mercato shopping center without the customer

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

The regular hotels that are thrown in an unfinished state

Rangers in front of the Botanical Gardens

For some golf courses are still looked after

the guards still have work ... 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

The taxi drivers are 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. Many tourist destinations are becoming ghost towns ...


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