British holidaymakers can now book trips to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh through tour operators Thomson and Thomas Cook for holidays from October this year, despite unchanged Foreign Office warnings against all but essential air travel. Since then, the British Foreign Office advice has warned that more atrocities are "likely" because "terrorists continue to plan and conduct attacks". Thomson has inserted an easy-to-miss warning about the current FCO advice right at the bottom of the payment page in small print. “As a precautionary measure the government is advising against all but essential air travel to Sharm el-Sheikh at present. A spokesman for Thomson told media outlets that they have accepted bookings in small numbers to Sharm el-Sheikh as part of their winter holiday programs which begin in October.

Source: Egypt Independent March 15, 2017 12:00 UTC