Abasemagunyeni base-Egypt babhengeza ukuba nge-1 kaJulayi, abahambi bamazwe aphesheya baya kuvunyelwa ukuba batyelele indawo ezithandwayo kodwa ezikude kakhulu kwiindawo ezingakhathazwa kakhulu Covid-19 Ukuqhambuka, njengenxalenye esemazantsi eSingasiqithi weSinayi kunye neeholide ezinkulu zaseSharm el Sheikh, iindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiLwandle Olubomvu zaseHurghada naseMarsa Alam, kunye neMarsa Matrouh kunxweme lweMeditera.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, i-Egypt ivumele iihotele ukuba ziqale ukwamkela abakhenkethi basekhaya ngelixa besebenza kwindawo encinci. UMphathiswa wezinto zakudala noKhenketho u-Khaled al-Anani uxelele i-AFP ngolwesiThathu ukuba ezona ndawo zinomdla kubakhenkethi ezinjengee-Giza pyramids kunye nengcwaba likaTutankhamun eLuxor ziya kuvulwa ngelinye ixesha kwixesha elizayo, zamkele inani elilinganiselweyo leendwendwe ngexesha.
I-Egypt ibinama-39,720 ngaphezulu kwe-Covid-19 yamatyala abhalisiweyo kunye nokusweleka kwabantu abayi-1,380, ngokweYunivesithi yaseJohn Hopkins.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Antiquities and Tourism Minister Khaled al-Anani told AFP on Wednesday that top tourist attractions such as the Giza pyramids and the tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor will also open sometime in the future, accepting a limited number of visitors at a time.
- Egyptian authorities announced that July 1, international travelers will be allowed to visit country’s popular but more remote sites in the areas less hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, such as the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula with the major resorts of Sharm el Sheikh, the Red Sea resorts of Hurghada and Marsa Alam, along with Marsa Matrouh on the Mediterranean coast.
- Last month, Egypt allowed hotels to start admitting domestic tourists while working at a limited capacity.
