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The FCO travel advice for Egypt has been updated with an amendment to the summary on 31st October 2015. A flight from Sharm el Sheikh to St Petersburg crashed in North Sinai; Egyptian and Russian authorities are conducting an investigation. Please find an extract below:

Summary

On 31st October 2015, a flight from Sharm el Sheikh to St Petersburg crashed in North Sinai. Egyptian and Russian authorities are conducting an investigation.

The overall level of advice has not changed. The FCO continue to advise against all travel to the Governorate of North Sinai due to the significant increase in criminal activity and continued terrorist attacks on police and security forces that have resulted in deaths.

The FCO continue to advise against all but essential travel to the Governorate of South Sinai, with the exception of the area withi the Sharm el Sheikh perimeter barrier, which includes the airport and the areas of Sharm el Maya, Hadaba, Naama Bay, Sharks Bay and Nabq and the area west of the Nile Valley and Nile Delta regions, exluding the costa areas between the Nile Delta and Marsa Matruh (as shown on the map). The area to which the FCO advise against all but essential travel does not include the tourist areas of the Nile river (eg Luxor, Qina, Aswan, Abu Simbel and the Valley of the Kings) or the Red Sea Resorts of Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada. To view the travel advice for Egypt please visit www.gov.uk.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt

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Just Travel Cover have used information provided from ABTA and the FCO website and this information was up to date at the time of publishing, please visit www.gov.uk.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt for the latest Egypt travel advice.