The turquoise glowing Red Sea, stunning ancient monuments from the time of the pharaohs, guaranteed sun. Egypt has many tourist trump cards, but do you dare to travel there? We asked Finns living and vacationing in Egypt.
A year The 2011 revolution paralyzed tourism to Egypt, even though the unrest in the capital city of Cairo was barely visible in the resorts.
“After the revolution, the tourists disappeared and the city was as if dead. In 2016, things started to pick up and many Finns found their way back even before the ready trips in 2018 started, says Merja Himbergwho has lived in Hurghada for almost 20 years part of the year.