Sharm El Sheikh: Një qytet fantazmë

30 November 2015 - 11:37

Rreth 15 milionë njerëz e vizituan Sharm El Sheikhun në vitin 2011, pak përpara se të niste Pranvera Arabe.

Por ajo që ndodhi më pas ishte një fatkeqësi për këtë resort të njohur turistik, që vizitohet edhe nga shqiptarët.

Vitin e shkuar ishin vetëm 9 milionë turistë.

Sivjet kjo shifër do ulet akoma më shumë për shkak të rrëzimit të një avioni me turistë rus, që po ktheheshin në vendin e tyre pas pushimeve.

Këto foto janë bërë nga një çift, Andrea dhe Magda.

Ato tregojnë se si është braktisur ky resort, që po kthehet ngadalë në një qytet fantazmë.

Work in progress: The unfinished Al Farah seaside resort in Taba - including this pool - has been left abandoned in Egypt since 2007 Entrance: Wardens of the Sharm el Sheikh Botanical Garden, which is maintained but not open to the public, pictured in July 2014 'Taba Heights': Most of the hotels share a golf course - and only one area is looked after while the rest has been ruined by flooding. The Foreign Office has warned British tourists of a 'high threat from terrorism' in Egypt, where more than 900,000 UK nationals visit a year Protection: A security guard checks entrances of a Novotel site in Sharm, with most hotels having a tight system on who goes in and out Greenery: A group of Russian tourists take a break during a quad bike excursion at the Wadi Gunaim Oasis in the Dahab area On four wheels: Quad bikers on an expedition in the desert of Sharm el Sheikh, with trips often including a camel ride and 'Bedouin dinner' Down by the water: From the Israeli border to Sharm El Sheikh, almost the entire cost of the Aqaba Gulf is built with tourist infrastructures Unfinished and abandoned: A seaside resort in Taba - near the Israel border - that was never completed, with just a few structures now left Still being built: The entrance of the under-construction Kazar hotel in Sharm el Sheikh, where there are many unoccupied hotels Attraction: Divers equipped with goggles and snorkel prepare to enter the Blue Hole in Dahab, one of the world's most famous diving sites Under wraps: The scenery of a sound and light show in Sharm el Sheikh lies below covers in this photograph taken in January Complex: Despite an over-abundance of available buildings, the construction of tourist infrastructure is still going on in Sharm el Sheikh Seasonal employment: Hotel employees, who live in the same complex of buildings in Sharm, wait for a bus which will take them to work Highway: Many of the roads in Sharm were renovated ahead of an international investment conference called 'Egypt the Future' in March Lack of audience: A performance at a shopping mall in Sharm which has several hundred boutiques - most of which are still empty Line dance: A group of Russian tourists listen to their guide's instructions to film a holiday video in the water in Ras Mohammed Graveyard of investment: In the foreground is a tourist village in Dahab is left unfinished - having been abandoned since 2011 'Najamat': When the Bedouin tribe sold its coastal land in Taba to the Club Med group, they negotiated the construction of a new village No cover: The structure of an abandoned beach umbrella in Nuweiba, which sits halfway between Sharm and the Israel border Before the terror attack on the Russian jet earlier this month, Sharm was bustling with tourists dining out in restaurants and shopping Dozens of sunbathers enjoy the beach in Sharm before bombings and political turmoil left Egypt's tourism industry in chaos