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Egypt resumes international flights, reopens pyramids for summer tourism

More than three months after Egypt closed its major tourist attractions, two flights from Ukraine arrive in Red Sea and South Sinai governorates.

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Tourists ride a cart in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza after it reopened for tourist visits following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, in Greater Cairo, July 1, 2020. — REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt has reopened its major tourist attractions and resumed international flights for the first time since they were suspended in March. 

Two flights carrying more than 350 Ukrainian tourists arrived from Kiev in the cities of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh Wednesday, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. Just three coastal governorates — Red Sea, South Sinai and Marsa Matruh — are reopening for foreign tourism this month. 

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