Question Egypt Safety due ongoing War in the region
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if you say soEspecially if you dive with Aquarius Diving Club – Sharm El Sheikh, right?
Based on what? How can you say it’s the safest place to dive on earth right now? I’m not saying it’s unsafe but there are many other fantastic places to dive in the world that are extremely safe and much farther away from conflict zones.
It is the liveaboard sinking capital of the world in recent years - I’ll give you that…
Actually based on many factors, still the safest with no causalities or fatalities, check here Accidents, Incidents, & Near Misses , the world is full of conflicts and anger is irrupting everywhere, am saying what i see and of course i respect your opinion.Based on what? How can you say it’s the safest place to dive on earth right now? I’m not saying it’s unsafe but there are many other fantastic places to dive in the world that are extremely safe and much farther away from conflict zones.
It is the liveaboard sinking capital of the world in recent years - I’ll give you that…
Some recent news...
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Arabian Peninsula: Continued attacks in Red Sea and Gulf of Aden likely through late August /update 12
Further attacks against vessels in Red Sea and Gulf of Aden likely through at least late August.
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Based on what? How can you say it’s the safest place to dive on earth right now? I’m not saying it’s unsafe but there are many other fantastic places to dive in the world that are extremely safe and much farther away from conflict zones.
It is the liveaboard sinking capital of the world in recent years - I’ll give you that…
Hi, I am a French diver with over 20 stays and liveaboard in Egypt for diving.
One of the reason why it is safe, is that the regime desperatly need the money of tourism industry, which represents 12% of the egyptian GDP, and the Army secures the area from Hurghada to Marsa Alam ont the Western coast and around Sharm El Sheikh in the Sinai.
Yes there is war 400 km ahead, and yes you are in a secured "golden ghetto"... Everybody has to deal with this, or not.
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Fully agree with this. Sharm el Sheikh has a bordering wall all around and the checks to get in/out are very thorough. Egypt has very high interest in spending a lot in security to keep tourists coming. However, this summer I have seen the lowest amount of people staying in Sharm in over a decade.
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I went to Egypt about a year ago. I flew into Cairo, and went to Giza, Luxor, Alexandria, Abu Simbel, and camped in the Sahara desert. I then went to Dahab. In Cairo and Giza, my luggage went thru scanners, as did my daily pack, and there was security. There was an armed guard on the van to Dahab and multiple stops, and the trip took 12 hours from Giza to Cairo. On the way back to Cairo, I hired a driver and it took 7 hours. I never felt unsafe, and I'd go back any day.
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