Egypt turmoil makes Russia ban flights to Cairo
Even as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed to step down at the next election, social and political unrestin the country continues to take a toll on the countrys tourism. While airlines are cancelling flights and countries are flying travelers back home, Russian Federal Air Transportation Agency might ban charter flights to Egypt, a tourism official said on Tuesday. 
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An effigy of Mubarak is hung up in Egypt. Egypt turmoil makes Russia ban flights to Cairo.
An effigy of Mubarak is hung up in Egypt. Egypt turmoil makes Russia ban flights to Cairo.
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"Unfortunately tourists continue to fly to Egyptian resorts in spite of warnings from the Foreign Ministry, the Sport and Tourism Ministry, the Federal Tourism Agency, tour operators and travel agencies," the official was quoted as saying by Russian news agency RIA Novosti.Egypt has been! witness ing violent anti-governmentprotests in streets since January 25, seeking Mubaraks resign and reform in governance. According to official figures, the violence hasalready claimed at least 150 lives and injured over 4,000 people.According to theRussian association of tour operators, about 45,000 Russian tourists remained in Egypt but foreign ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich said, their evacuation was not yet considered practical.
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Last week, Thomas Cook, UKs leading tour operator, hadreportedthat some of the tourist sites off Cairo - including Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx and the popular resorts of Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada -were safe. However, Saturdays incidents at Cairos Egyptian Museum, which was ransacked by protesters, have put the country's safest tourist siteson high alert as well.
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