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Originally Posted by The Soup Dragon
Rossantony: I don’t wish to dwell on the bombings as my point was that tourism wasn’t hit badly by it. I have however pasted two links beneath that provide information on bombings in recent times - Dahab in 2006 being the latest.
Terrorism in Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
History of terrorism against tourists in Egypt, 1992 to present. (Surprisingly doesn’t mention Dahab 2006.)
Its certainly encouraging that the bombings are taking place less frequently.
How have prices for existing property (not off-plan) faired in your part of Egypt over the last 2 or 3 years?
I’m perhaps being pedantic, but when you say the crime rate is almost 0% I think you actually mean that there is very little recorded crime. I’m always sceptical with crime figures, no matter what area they are for. There are many crimes that the victims are too embarrassed or scared to report. Some authorities are more lax about recording crimes and what counts as crime varies from place to place. |
i always forget dahab as well..it was 2005 in sharm, dahab was hit as it is a popular spot for israeli tourists, especially the youth who have just come out of national service. but as we both seen, nothing since then, primarily down to the action of the government here, taking a long view on politics here in egypt noone forgets that president sadat was killed because he made peace with israel. my point is that egypt has suffered because it has taken the path of peace and reconcilliation, and that the majority of people here are pro western and it feels safe, on a day to day basis. i hope i am not wrong in this assumption.
in the past 3 years, the price of finished property has risen dramatically. in my block of apartments, 2 bed apartments were sold for £40k, and are now fetching £150k (front line, private beach, huge pool, spa, central)
i see your point on crime figures, i never thought of that. but honestly i have never seen or heard of any petty crime againts tourists since i have been here. of course we get crimes of passion, and the odd nutter losing it, but here street criminality is not accepted. i dont know what % of egyptian men are rozzers, or forces, or security guards but you get the feeling that every family has a couple of each!
what egyptians suffer from is business corruption rather than street crime.