25 visually impaired Italian visitors dive off Marsa Alam on charity trip
An Italian charity for people with disabilities chose Marsa Alam for its reefs and marine life. Divers accompanied the group, which was going into the Red Sea for the first time.
12 November 2026
Twenty-five visually impaired Italian visitors have dived off Marsa Alam on a trip organised by an Italian charity for people with disabilities and the visually impaired, the Egyptian daily Al-Nahar reported.
Divers accompanied the group underwater. The visitors said they were happy to have gone down into the Red Sea for the first time.
Atef Othman, a tourism specialist hosting the Italian group at a resort in the Happy Life beach area of Marsa Alam, said the charity chose Marsa Alam for its trip from Europe because of the warm weather, the beaches and dive sites with coral reefs, turtles, dolphins and rare marine life.
Giulia, one of the Italian visitors, was quoted describing a ray of light under the water that seemed to light the way to see turtles, dolphins and colourful coral.