Egypt's Tourist Industry Has Collapsed

Sphinx: The group captured the majestic Sphinx monument from their perch atop Giza's Great Pyramid - the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis

Daily Mail: Not a visitor in sight at the Pyramids, as Egypt’s tourism trade freefalls: Normally bustling site is deserted and market stalls empty as fear keeps people away

* The World Travel and Tourism Council says Egypt is suffering badly
* The EgyptAir crash came only six months after the Metrojet disaster
* The Pyramids of Giza are 4,500 years old and a massive attraction
* But tourist numbers from Europe, the US, Russia and Far East are down

Plane disasters and the ongoing threat of Islamic terrorism have have brought Egypt's beleaguered tourism industry to its knees.

The economy of the crisis-hit north African country is at risk of collapsing as holidaymakers stay away from the famous Pyramids and the once popular seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

And the EgyptAir crash, which killed 66, was the last thing Egypt needed as it is increasingly being seen as a tourist 'no-go area' following a number of attacks by ISIS.

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WNU Editor: Two passenger planes down this year .... coupled with an ISIS insurgency in the Sinai .... plus a lot of internal political unrest .... it is not hard to see why no one wants to go there. Hmmmm .... which makes this an opportunity to go there and maybe do this.