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Tourism in Egypt

Visitors pose for a group photo under Hatshepsut statue, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
November 2, 2025, 8:46 am
With pomp and fanfare, Grand Egyptian Museum opens as ode to ancient civilization
Museum, the biggest worldwide dedicated to a single civilization, will exhibit some 50,000 artifacts of pharaohs and Egyptian gods
By Samy Magdy
Israelis cross into Egypt through the Taba Border Crossing, in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, April 17, 2022. (Flash90)
April 17, 2022, 7:34 pm
Exodus slowed: Huge Passover congestion at airport and crossings to Egypt, Jordan
Long lines reported at Aqaba border; Amman shuts down terminal without prior warning due to masses of people, stranding hundreds of Israelis
By ToI Staff
This picture taken on November 25, 2021 shows a view of the human-headed sphinxes along the 2700-meter-long 'Rams Road' leading from the Temple of Luxor (background) to the Karnak Temple (unseen) further north, in Egypt's southern city of the same name (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
November 26, 2021, 3:07 am
Egypt unveils renovated 3,000-year-old ‘Avenue of the Sphinxes’ in Luxor
Ancient walkway connects famous Karnak and Luxor temples, is believed to have been path pilgrims trod to visit holy sites and pay tribute to their deities
By Haggag Salama
A convoy of vehicles transporting royal mummies in Cairo, Egypt, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo)
April 3, 2021, 11:13 pm
In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades 22 royal mummies through Cairo
18 pharaohs, including Ramses II, and four other royals transported on trucks to new museum in event meant to showcase country’s rich history, spur tourism
By Samy Magdy
Aviv Slobodkin. (Israel Police)
September 29, 2019, 2:42 pm
Israeli traveler, missing in Egypt for a week, turns up at home
Aviv Slobodkin, 26, had crossed into neighboring country on September 4, and was last heard from while en route to the restive Sinai; family notifies police he came back safely
By ToI Staff
Aviv Slobodkin. (Israel Police)
September 26, 2019, 7:40 pm
Israeli traveler missing in Egypt’s Sinai, police say
Aviv Slobodkin, 26, has been traveling in Egypt since September 4, and was last heard from on Sunday while en route to the restive peninsula
By ToI Staff
A photo taken on April 4, 2019 shows fish swimming off the coast of Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada. (Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)
April 30, 2019, 8:16 am
Egypt’s rebounding tourism threatens Red Sea corals
Resorts offer unbeatable deals to lure budget-conscious visitors back to pristine beaches, but experts warn of damaging fragile marine ecosystems
By Aziz El Massassi
Members of the Egyptian security forces stand guard at the scene of an attack on a tourist bus in Giza province south of the Egyptian capital Cairo, on December 28, 2018 (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)
December 29, 2018, 4:55 pm
Egypt kills 40 ‘terrorists’ in crackdown after fatal Giza pyramids attack
Police say suspects slain in raids were preparing a series of attacks, though it does not directly link them to bus bombing that killed three tourists and an Egyptian guide
By Bassem Aboualabass
This picture taken on December 28, 2018 shows officials visiting the scene of an attack on a tourist bus in Giza province south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. - Two Vietnamese tourists were killed and 10 others wounded on December 28 when a roadside bomb exploded near their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids in Cairo, Egypt's interior ministry said in a statement. (Photo by MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)
December 28, 2018, 8:04 pm
Bomb strikes bus near Egypt’s Giza pyramids, kills 2 Vietnamese tourists
Egypt is battling Islamic terrorists, but this is the first attack to target foreign tourists in almost two years
By AP
In this December 16, 2018 photo, workers landscape grounds at the Grand Egyptian Museum under construction in front of the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
December 23, 2018, 3:05 pm
After delays, Egypt’s new mega-museum set to open in 2020
Vast complex will eventually hold some 50,000 artifacts, house a cinema, restaurants and a hotel in bid to help draw tourists back to the country after years of chaos
By Brian Rohan
An Egyptian vendor sits outside his shop in the tourist area of Al-Hussein in the capital Cairo, October 24, 2016. (AFP/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
October 30, 2016, 7:36 am
Egypt tourism in limbo a year after Russian plane bombing
Foreign visitor numbers have not bounced back, slashing revenues in cash-strapped economy
By Haitham el-Tabei
ILLUSTRATIVE - Simple straw huts at Big Dune Beach camp in Dahab, Taba, on the Sinai Peninsula (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
September 2, 2016, 4:44 am
In ‘restive’ Sinai, Israelis once again finding a restful paradise
Despite terror warnings, Jewish Israeli tourism to Sinai is on track to reach pre-revolution levels, as the spartan beachside Bedouin camps again fill with the sound of Hebrew
By Melanie Lidman
The gold mask of King Tutankhamun on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, December 16, 2015. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)
January 24, 2016, 3:05 pm
Egypt to try 8 over botched repair of King Tut mask
Famed mask’s beard was broken off during cleaning, then reattached with damaging epoxy
By AP
Security personnel and investigators gather at the scene of a drive-by shooting on a security checkpoint that has killed several policemen near Saqqara, home to the 4,600-year-old Step Pyramid, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Ravy Shaker)
January 9, 2016, 12:28 pm
Gunmen kill Egyptian police colonel, conscript
Islamic State claims attack west of Cairo in which officials say a traffic police district commander and driver died
By AFP
Egyptian forensic experts inspect a bullet-riddled window at the entrance of the Three Pyramids hotel in Cairo where Israeli tourists were shot at, January 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki)
January 8, 2016, 10:11 pm
Police kill attacker as 3 tourists stabbed at Egyptian resort
Second assailant injured in second attack on foreigners in as many hours after IS affiliate claims shooting on Cairo hotel
By AP and ToI Staff
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