The Canadian government updated travel advice for its citizens, asking them to exercise a high security caution while travelling to Egypt after being avoided for non-essential travel, said Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Over the past few years, Egypt was in the third category of \u201cAvoid non-essential travel,\u201d said the Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid in the statement, noting that the update was made due to Egypt\u2019s improving security situation. <\/p>\n
As per the updated travel advice, Suez Canal and Ismailia governorates were removed from the highly-risked areas in Egypt. Meanwhile, the authorities are still asking their citizens to avoid traveling to Sinai, except for Sharm El Sheikh Resort, and avoid travelling to the Western desert and Libyan border area, Abu Zeid said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe update of the travel advice reflects the effectiveness of the measures taken by Egypt over the past years to bring stability and combat terrorism,\u201d said Abu Zeid, adding that this would contribute to recovering Canadian tourism to Egypt and increasing investment flows to the<\/p>\n
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The Canadian government updated travel advice for its citizens, asking them to exercise a high security caution while travelling to Egypt after being avoided for non-essential travel, said Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Thursday. Over the past few years, Egypt was in the third category of \u201cAvoid non-essential travel,\u201d said the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":132716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[18851,2484,47805,17114],"class_list":["post-132715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-canada","tag-egypt","tag-sharm-el-sheikh-resort","tag-suez-canal"],"yoast_head":"\n