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Two Estonian Tour Operators Cancel Flights to Hurghada After Attacks

© AP Photo / Thomas HartwellA passenger walks to a shuttle bus to board a plane at Sharm el-Sheikh Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015
A passenger walks to a shuttle bus to board a plane at Sharm el-Sheikh Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Two major Estonian tour operators Tez Tour and Novatours have canceled flights to the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada following an attack on tourists, media reported.

TALLINN (Sputnik) — On Friday, unidentified men attacked the Bella Vista Hotel on the Red Sea coast, armed with knives and a signal gun. Three foreign tourists, two Austrians and one Swede, received minor injuries during the attack, according to Egyptian authorities. Egypt's security forces managed to neutralize the attackers, killing one and injuring another.

Tourists play bowels the beach at the Bella Vista Hotel in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada on January 9, 2016, the day after the hotel came under attack by knife-wielding assailants, in the latest blow to the country's beleaguered tourism industry - Sputnik International
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According to the Delfi news portal, the tour operator GoAdventure, however, has not introduced ban on flights to Hurghada.

On Saturday, Egypt's Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou vowed to introduce additional measures to ensure the safety of tourists staying in the country.

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