REGIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Tensions throughout the world remain with the
Israeli-Palestinian/Lebanon dispute, the US & NATO presence in Iraq and Afghanistan,
and terrorist incidents worldwide.
People still have various, often understandable, concerns about
travelling at the moment, and to the Middle East in particular. Please
find further information given below to cover our response to the
situation, and how it is likely to affect our holidays.
We keep in constant contact with our representatives, agents, and
staff in all the countries in which we operate our tours, as well as
with the Foreign Office here in the UK. All of this information is
used daily to help us decide how and whether to run or change a
particular tour.
When regional tensions are high, our guides and tour leaders are
instructed to contact their base office as often as possible. This
helps us to maintain a direct line of communication to our clients and
groups, so that we can act to change itineraries or cancel tours
immediately if necessary.
Regular updates are posted on our
community website when serious events occur that may affect our tours or the regions in which we operate.
Egypt
All of our Egypt and Jordan tours are running as normal at the moment, and we do not anticipate any cancellations or adjustments to itineraries in the near future.
Since the attacks in Luxor in 1997, there have been few terrorist incidents in Egypt. However, as well as in Dahab in April 2006, there were bomb attacks in Taba, close to the Israeli border, in October 2004, and also in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh in July 2005.
Egypt has an efficient police force and dedicated tourist police, which is extremely focused on keeping the country calm and safe for tourists to travel there. Security arrangements are enhanced particularly at tourist sites, which all have a visible police presence. Some routes are escorted by police convoys. Most 4 and 5 star hotels have metal detectors and restricted access entrances.
We are constantly monitoring the security situation in Egypt, through our offices and staff on the ground, and will take all necessary precautions to safeguard the security of our clients.
The country remains generally safe and secure, with low levels of petty crime, and the people extremely welcoming to tourists of all nationalities.
We are therefore looking forward to running all of our Egyptian tours as normal for the foreseeable future.
However, if we receive unsettling information from our Egyptian staff & contacts, or the UK Foreign Office advises us that it is not safe for tourists to travel in Egypt, then we will cancel our tour departures and either transfer bookings to other destinations or dates, or arrange full cancellations and refunds in conjunction with your travel insurance (see our
booking conditions for more information).
Links to further useful information:
(These are detailed reviews of the current safety of tourist travel in Egypt, from the independent TourEgypt website).
Update on Egyptian Tourism
Letters from returning tourists
(These are old articles, written after September 11th 2001, but are still worth reading)
Jordan
There were 3 terrorist suicide bomb attacks on hotels in Amman on the 11th November 2005, with over 50 people, mainly Jordanians, killed. Al Qaeda groups from Iraq are believed to be behind the attacks.
We do not use the affected hotels ourselves, and none of our clients were in Amman at the time. Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected.
All of our Jordan tours and options are running as normal, and we expect that this will not need to change in the near future. As with Egypt, we continue to monitor the situation, and will take appropriate action if required.
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