Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
Deputy governor Magda Hanna says the governorate's digital platform is expected to begin actual operation at the start of 2027, covering the main offices and every city, district, local unit and service directorate. Two parts are already handling real paperwork, with more than 114 transactions processed between 19 and 22 October.
22 October 2026
Egypt received 461,059 Italian tourists between January and May, 15.1 per cent more than a year earlier, making Italy its fifth-largest source market, Veto reports, citing tourism ministry figures. Italy matters particularly to Hurghada and Marsa Alam, but the outlet is explicit that any gain for people here depends on how long visitors stay, what they spend, and whether businesses hire and buy locally.
22 October 2026
A whale shark known to local divers and fishermen as "Bahloul" was recorded between Magawish and Abu Ramada during a marine patrol, Sada El Balad reports. Guidance the outlet attributes to the Red Sea Protectorates tells people not to touch, chase or hem in the animal, and to stay at least three metres from its head and four metres behind it. The date of the sighting is not given.
22 October 2026
A display case at Hurghada National Museum brings together musical instruments, kitchen implements and doum fruit with the tools once used to preserve it, shown as part of marking intangible cultural heritage. The report gives no opening hours, ticket prices or an end date for the display.
22 October 2026
Hundreds of camels cross into Egypt on foot on each "Dabouka", led by guards who know the desert wells, clearing veterinary quarantine at the Ras Hadarba crossing before walking on beside the Halayeb–Abu Ramad–Shalatin road to one of Egypt's biggest camel markets, a trader in Shalatin has told Youm7.
22 October 2026
The district says the furniture was collected during a field campaign on Wednesday morning inside the residential blocks at Allam, and that monitoring of street encroachments will continue across its areas, with legal action taken against violations.
21 October 2026
The hotel says the new Deluxe Swim-Up Junior Suites are finished and that refurbishment of its remaining rooms runs into 2027. It also says a weekly Wizz Air service from London Gatwick is set to start in January 2027, with Jet2 regional flights from the UK in February. Rooms start at 260 euros a night with breakfast.
21 October 2026
Hotels in Hurghada, El Gouna and Marsa Alam are about 80% full, with many between 80% and 90%, the head of the Mosaferoon travel association told the outlet Tawasl News. German, British, Russian and Italian visitors lead arrivals. The figures are industry estimates, not official statistics.
21 October 2026
A Marsa Alam city council inspection round found food unfit for human consumption in shops, restaurants and commercial premises across the town. Poultry, mozzarella, cooked cheese and tins of cheese were seized and destroyed on the spot, along with 16 kilogrammes of pickles that did not meet health requirements.
21 October 2026
The governorate's state health insurance branch has looked at opening evening clinics, a flexible staff rota and a better electronic booking system to reduce crowding in its clinics and to tackle shortages of medicines and medical supplies. The new clinics building in Hurghada is still being fitted out, and no opening date has been announced.
21 October 2026
A ranking published by the British newspaper The Sun put Sharm el-Sheikh first for value for money on a winter sun holiday with 72 points, Cape Verde's Sal second with 66 and Hurghada third with 62, scored from holiday prices advertised on the On the Beach booking platform alongside temperatures and flight and hotel costs, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.
21 October 2026
Customs officers at Safaga found human medicines, medical devices and cosmetics concealed inside a personal-baggage consignment in a car arriving from the Saudi port of Duba, the daily Youm7 reported on 13 October. Duties and compensation were put at 16.62 million pounds and a seizure report was filed.
21 October 2026