X-ray machines and CCTV cameras are to be installed in tourist resorts following the recent Hurghada hotel attack.
Egyptian government officials are implementing a series of measures to improve tourist security, after two attacks on hotels since the beginning of the year.
Authorities will spend a total of US$ 31.9 million on more CCTV cameras, sniffer dogs and X-ray machines at tourist resorts, to be installed within “a few weeks”.
The new security measures are to be focussed at sites popular with tourists such as Giza, but will not have 'army field' atmosphere, insists minister, as Egypt urges UK government to restart flights to Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou said that public security camera numbers at Sharm el-Sheikh will be doubled and admitted that hotel occupancy was “extremely bad” – around 15%– at the Red Sea complex.
The measures come as part of a plan to shore up the country’s flagging tourism industry, which has seen visitor numbers plummet due to political instability and violent attacks.
He said the security plan also included “sniffer dogs in resorts, and training for local staff,” and hotels’ surveillance camera networks linked up to government CCTV control rooms.
Visitors to the country should expect more X-ray machine stops, surveillance cameras and metal detectors at the resorts of Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada.
Egyptian authorities are keen to act on this issue – foreign travel warnings and the cessation of flights into Sharm el-Sheikh are estimated to be costing the economy between $280-300 million a month.
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