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Egypt: Is it still safe to travel?



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0bff1 130817193327 06 egypt 0817 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedWreckage and debris litter the area around the Al-Fateh mosque in Cairo, where hundreds of Islamist protesters had barricaded themselves on Saturday, August 17. Thousands defied an emergency order by taking to the streets the day before to mark a “Friday of anger” in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsy. Look back at Egypt’s unrest.


0bff1 130817202445 07 egy 0817 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedRiot police enter the community services hall of the Al-Fateh mosque, where Morsy supporters had held up on August 17.


0bff1 130817110054 02 egypt protests 0817 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedPolicemen stand guard inside a room of Al-Fateh mosque as supporters of Morsy exchange gunfire with security forces inside the mosque in Cairo on Saturday, August 17.


0bff1 130817085113 02 egypt protests 0817 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedEgyptians security forces escort a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the Al-Fateh mosque and through an angry crowd in Ramses Square on August 17.


0bff1 130817121322 03 egypt protests horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedAn army officer escorts an Islamist woman out of Cairo’s Al-Fateh mosque on August 17.


0bff1 130817070513 01 egypt protests 0817 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA Morsy supporter prays on the floor of the Al-Fateh mosque in Ramses Square as injured protesters are treated nearby on Friday, August 16.


0bff1 130817122210 04 egypt protests 0817 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA wounded boy is treated in the Taamin Sehi field hospital during clashes on August 16.


0bff1 130816220825 15 egypt 0816 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood runs past a burning vehicle near Cairo’s Ramses Square during clashes with security officers on August 16.


0bff1 130816221119 16 egypt 0816 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMorsy supporters carry supplies while violent clashes continue to take place near Ramses Square on August 16. Ferocious clashes on Wednesday, August 14, reportedly left more 500 people dead across Egypt, and authorities have declared a monthlong state of emergency. The recent violence began when Egyptian security forces stormed two makeshift camps to clear out Morsy supporters.


0bff1 130816221314 17 egypt 0816 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedAn Egyptian man offers a bottle of juice to policemen as clashes between Morsy supporters and security forces continue in Cairo on August 16.


3f8d0 130816121126 13 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMembers of the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsy supporters flee shooting near Ramses Square in Cairo on August 16.


3f8d0 130816134954 14 egypt 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA Muslim Brotherhood member and Morsy supporter wears a gas mask made out of a plastic bottle during clashes in front of the Azbkya police station on August 16.


3f8d0 130816113151 09 egypt protests 0816 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMorsy supporters march in Cairo. Gunfire was heard from the overpass as tear gas was fired.


3f8d0 130816113148 08 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedDemonstrators hurt in the clashes at Ramses Square are taken away on August 16 in Cairo.


3f8d0 130816113146 07 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA military helicopter flies above demonstrators in Cairo on August 16.


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3f8d0 130816135005 16 egypt 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA protester receives treatment at the Al-Fateh mosque in Cairo on August 16.


3f8d0 130816134959 15 egypt 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedBodies of protesters who died during clashes are laid out at the Al-Fateh mosque on August 16.


3f8d0 130816113156 11 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA group of men gather around an injured protester in Giza on August 16.


3f8d0 130816113158 12 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedDemonstrators and Muslim Brotherhood supporters carry the body of a man apparently shot during clashes with security forces in Giza district on the outskirts of Cairo on August 16.


3f8d0 130816095929 03 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMorsy supporters demonstrate outside Al-Fateh mosque in Ramses Square in Cairo on August 16.


3f8d0 130816095931 04 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedProtesters demonstrate near Ennour mosque in Cairo on August 16.


2ed65 130816095934 05 egypt protests 0816 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA flag-covered coffin of a man killed during Wednesday’s clashes is carried at Amr Ibn Al-As mosque before a funeral in Cairo on August 16.


2ed65 130816095936 06 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA protester wounded during clashes braces for help outside of a church on Mourad Street in Giza on August 16.


2ed65 130816065929 02 egypt protests 0816 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedEgyptian soldiers take positions alongside armored vehicles as they guard the entrance to Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, August 16.


2ed65 130816065926 01 egypt protests 0816 restricted horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA Morsy supporter takes part in a protest near Ennour mosque in Cairo on August 16.


2ed65 130815122452 08 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedPeople reach for a coffin on Thursday, August 15, during a funeral for police officers killed during a crackdown at two protest camps in support of Morsy.


2ed65 130815122611 09 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedEgyptian police officers attend the funeral for their colleagues on August 15.


2ed65 130815122834 10 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMen are detained near a burned section of Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo on August 15.


2ed65 130815093940 03 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedPeople search through debris at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square on August 15.


2ed65 130815094135 04 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA man on August 15 checks out a list of names of those killed in the crackdown.


2ed65 130815094404 05 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedEgyptians mourn over a body wrapped in shrouds at a Cairo mosque August 15.


2ed65 130815094522 06 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMorsy supporters carry a coffin into a mosque in Cairo’s Nasr City on August 15.


2ed65 130815095106 07 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA woman weeps after identifying the body of a relative on August 15 at a Cairo mosque.


a55aa 130815062114 01 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA man walks inside the burned-out Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo on August 15.


a55aa 130815062325 02 egypt 0815 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMotorcyclists pass by debris, including Morsy posters, in Cairo’s Nahda Square on August 15.


a55aa 130814150547 16 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedSupporters of Morsy shout during clashes with Egyptian police at the Rabaah Al-Adawiya protest camp in Cairo’s Nasr City district on August 14.


a55aa 130814150550 17 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA woman tries to stop a military bulldozer from hurting a wounded youth during clashes on August 14 in eastern Cairo.


a55aa 130814150552 18 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMorsy supporters run as Egyptian security forces fire toward them on August 14.


a55aa 130814150558 20 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedAn injured youth is seen at a makeshift hospital in Cairo on August 14.


a55aa 130814150555 19 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedSupporters of Morsy take cover from Egyptian security forces during clashes on August 14.


a55aa 130814150603 21 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA Morsy supporter reacts after identifying the body of a dead family member at the Rabaa al-Adawiya Medical Center on August 14 in Cairo.


a55aa 130814150603 22 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedThe national identity cards of protesters allegedly killed during a clear-out operation by Egyptian security forces on pro-Morsy demonstrators are exchanged at the Rabaa al-Adawiya Medical Center on August 14.


a55aa 130814150607 23 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA Morsy supporter lies wounded on a stretcher at the Rabaa al-Adawiya Medical Center on August 14.


a55aa 130814150607 24 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedPlumes of smoke rise from the site of a protest in support of deposed President Morsy in Cairo on August 14.


a55aa 130814150610 25 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedArmy bulldozers remove a barricade erected by supporters of Morsy during clashes with riot police at Cairo’s Mustafa Mahmoud Square on August 14.


a4a19 130814094214 09 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedSupporters of Morsy push a police vehicle off the 6th of October Bridge in Cairo on August 14.


a4a19 130814094514 10 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA member of the Egyptian security forces lies on the ground in Cairo on August 14 after a police vehicle was pushed off the 6th of October Bridge.


a4a19 130814094729 11 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA man grieves at a makeshift morgue in Cairo on August 14.


a4a19 130814094837 12 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMorsy supporters confront police at Cairo’s Mustafa Mahmoud Square on August 14.


a4a19 130814095129 13 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMorsy supporters carry a wounded man during clashes with riot police in Cairo on August 14.


a4a19 130814095258 14 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA Morsy supporter during clashes with police in Cairo on August 14.


a4a19 130814095404 15 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedRiot police stand behind a wounded man near Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo on August 14.


a4a19 130814062831 01 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedSupporters of Morsy and members of the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas as security forces move in at the site of a pro-Morsy sit-in in Cairo on August 14.


a4a19 130814063139 02 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA Morsy supporter sits under arrest at Cairo’s Nahda Square on August 14.


a4a19 130814063615 03 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedEgyptians help a woman suffering from tear gas exposure in a street leading to Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo on August 14.


a4a19 130814063947 04 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedEgyptian security forces detain protesters in Cairo’s Nasr City district on August 14.


a4a19 130814064059 05 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedThe scene from a street in Cairo’s Nasr City appears chaotic as security forces clear a sit-in August 14.


d2cef 130814064254 06 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedA woman tries to protect herself from tear gas in Cairo on August 14.


d2cef 130814064408 07 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedMuslim Brotherhood supporters run from tear gas in a street leading to Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo on August 14.


d2cef 130814064536 08 egypt 0814 horizontal gallery Now You Can Do This In BedProtesters gather in Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya Square on Monday, August 12.


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(CNN) — Government travel advisories to Egypt have been stepped up and tourists’ movements restricted as the crisis in Cairo and other cities continues.


Today Germany extended its advice against Egypt travel to include the Red Sea beach resorts around Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh, according to the Arabic broadcaster LBCI. These areas have been largely immune from the unrest of recent months and foreign governments have tended to advise that they are safe.


Yesterday, the government of Hong Kong also raised its travel warning, to “black,” urging against all travel to Egypt.


On Wednesday night, following the day of violence in Cairo during which more than 500 people died, vacationers in Hurghada had letters posted through their hotel bedroom doors telling them to stay within the hotel grounds and that all excursions had been canceled, the TravelMole website reported.


The lockdown was over today, according to reports. One traveler posting on a Hurghada TripAdvisor forum, under the name Sally_Asling, said: “In the hotel it feels safe and we are having a fab holiday.”



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Deadly clashes


The warnings to tourists and updated travel advisories follow clashes in Cairo on Wednesday in which hundreds of people were killed as government security forces, in some cases reportedly using bulldozers, dispersed sit-ins by supporters of the deposed Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohamed Morsy.


U.S. and British travel advisories on Egypt remain basically unchanged. The U.S. State Department continues to urge its citizens to leave Egypt, if they can. Any remaining in the country should monitor local media for updates on the unrest, it says.


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The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office continues to advise against travel to Egypt, except the Red Sea resorts. It notes that a man was killed this week in clashes in the city of Hurghada, although away from tourist areas.


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Compensation


Government travel advisories are important not only for travelers’ safety but because they affect what compensation they can claim.


Following the German government’s announcement, the tour operator TUI Germany said it was cancelling all trips to Egypt until September 15 and that travelers already in its resorts could stay for the remainder of their holiday or leave early.


In Britain, a travel journalist specializing in the Middle East, Matthew Teller, told the Guardian: “What the FCO does or doesn’t say rules the roost in terms of what tour operators can and can’t offer clients.”


Travelers were unlikely to be able to change their plans if they were booked to travel in an area, such as Sharm el-Sheikh and other Red Sea resorts, that the government deemed safe, he said.


Cancellations


Other large travel firms were altering or canceling their Egypt travel programs, in addition to TUI.


Thomas Cook said it had canceled all excursions from Red Sea resorts to Cairo, Luxor and sights including Moses Mountain and St Catherine’s Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula.


Kuoni, the UK-based operator, has also canceled all Egyptian excursions for 30 days.


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British Airways has changed its flight schedules to Cairo to avoid the dusk-to-dawn curfew the government has imposed as part of its state of emergency, although tour operators are still being allowed to operate overnight transfers to Sharm el-Sheikh.


“We are also offering customers the option of rebooking to a later date, or to another destination,” a BA spokesman said.


Most tourists fly to the Red Sea resorts directly. Easyjet, which runs flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, said it was allowing some passengers with flights booked to Egypt within the next few days to change their destination.


The cruise operators MSC, Costa and Holland America Line have also reportedly canceled their Egypt-bound ships.


Tourism vital


The latest violence in months of unrest in Egypt can only do further damage to the country’s vital tourism industry, which normally employs around 10% of the workforce and brought in $10 billion in 2012.


As chaos has increasingly gripped the country, beginning with anti-government protests in 2011 that led to the overthrow of the Hosni Mubarak regime, tourist numbers have fallen by almost one-third — from 14 million in 2010 to 10.5 million last year.


In further news, the Egyptian ministry for antiquities has closed archaeological sites and museums across the country to protect them from looting, the Egyptian newspaper al Alhram reported.




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