Once bustling town stands is deserted after terror attacks keep the tourists away.
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Once bustling town stands is deserted after terror attacks keep the tourists away.

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Ghost town Sharm El Sheikh: Once bustling town stands is deserted after terror attacks keep the tourists away.
The beaches and bazaars of Sharm El Sheikh used to be bustling with tourists enjoying the Egyptian sun.
But after a decade of political turmoil and the downing of a Russian holiday jet last year, killing all 224 passengers, tourists are staying away and the Red Sea resort resembles a ghost town.
Visitors numbers are down by almost half, leaving beaches abandoned, hotels closed and businesses struggling - as these striking pictures show.
Egypt attracted 346,500 tourists in February 2016, compared to 640,200 last year, according to figures from the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics. This represents a drop of 45.9 per cent.
The average number of nights tourists are spending in the country also went down by 67.2 per cent in February this year compared to 2015, from 9.2 to 5.5.
Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office say there is a 'high risk' of terrorism in Egypt, and advise against all but essential air travel to Sharm.
The FCO adds on its website that UK airlines are no longer operating flights to the resort from Britain.
Metrojet flight 9268 crashed in October 2015 over North Sinai, in what was almost certainly a terrorist bomb attack.
Supporters of Islamic State are now active in the Sinai region that surrounds Sharm.
Egypt's government, keen to maintain desperately-needed income from visitors, has been reluctant to admit any security problems, but foreigners remain unconvinced.
The recent hijacking of an Egyptian plane by a man wearing a fake suicide belt will do little to allay concerns about safety.
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