Egypt seeks to calm tourist fears over fallout of Iran war
31.03.2026
Egypt has moved to calm tourists nerves over scaled-back opening hours of shops and restaurants due to the war in Iran, after the country announced it would enforce an earlier closing time due to the oil crisis. Egypt's large-scale energy-saving measures are not intended to apply to popular travel destinations such as Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Luxor, Aswan and Sharm El Sheikh, the tourism ministry said as the rules took effect at the end of March.