Following the recent Russian airplane crash, which killed all 224 passengers on board, tourism to Egypt’s Sinai has come to a near standstill with major airliners cancelling flights to Sharm El-Sheikh and other cities. In a renewed effort to show that Egypt, and particularly the Sinai Peninsula, is safe despite the media attention and the government warnings, 100 hikers from across the world came together to declare that the ‘Sinai is safe’. The hikers, who hailed from Egypt, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France and other countries, participated in the event which marked the third ‘Sinai is Safe’ event. “With all the news from Sharm, Paris and other areas, it was the toughest one we’ve ever had to organize,” said author Ben Hoffler, one of the organizers of the event who has been based between Egypt and England. “We had a lot of pressure to cancel from different areas but we pressed on because we knew it was safe and it went really great. It’s created a real positive buzz here in Sinai, which it needs now more than ever.” While previous events attracted 70 hikers, this…
100 Hikers from Across the World Join Bedouins to Declare ‘Sinai is Safe’
December 7, 2015
