Abnormal Normality of Sharm El-Sheikh

I scolded "Come back to lovely Sharm where we have more armed troops and it is 15 percent cheaper now." Turns out, Sandmonkey notices, the 'campaign' might have been a success! A wire report [WP] [Yahoo] tells about hotels that are almost back to normal levels of bookings for the season. A government push to share the cost of cancelled charter flights eases the burden on risk-taking operators. Countries that issued travel warnings after the July attack now gives tourists thumbs up.

What we shall notice above all is that last years attack in and around Taaba did not halt this years rapid growth of Egypt's tourist market -- the main source of income for this poor country. Also, the chock-effect that followed the attack in Luxor almost ten years ago when the tourist market died flat out is unlikely to happen again since we are living in a different world these days and are aware that attacks can happen anywhere. My final point: yes, Egypt's tourist industry will suffer since travelers from some (but not all) European nations that usually comes here in masses are still hesitating to book their trips. But if the effect is that the market only grows less than last year, or actually goes down, is too early to say. Let's cross our fingers. Egypt is still the best place to be, no one should think anything else!