Tourists coming in from the cruise ship towards the temple of Abu Simbel in south Egypt

Tourists can arrive at the Abu Simbel temple through road (a straight and normally deserted road with convoys scheduled to move from Aswan to Abu Simbel twice a day for security concerns), or through plane, with a small airport at Abu Simbel. Tourists also arrive here through cruise ships that set out from Aswan, taking a leisurely 3 day trip across the massive Lake Nasser and reaching at Abu Simbel, from where the passengers can then get back to Aswan after visiting the temple. This is a photo of tourists coming from the cruise ship towards the entry point of the Abu Simbel temple.

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Security personnel reading some stuff at the wall at the border of the Abu Simbel in Egypt

Security is of paramount importance to the Egyptian tourist industry. Before the recent political turmoil in the country, tourism employed a huge number of people and contributed many billions of dollars to the Egyptian economy. A number of terror attacks on tourists some years back threatened all this, and there was a need to ensure much more security for the tourist industry. As a result, security measures were implemented all over.

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View of tourist ship beyond the security fence of the Abu Simbel temple in Egypt

Tourists can arrive at the Abu Simbel temple through the road way (with convoys scheduled to move from Aswan to Abu Simbel twice a day for security concerns), or through flight, with a small airport at Abu Simbel. Tourists also arrive here through cruise ships that set out from Aswan, taking a leisurely 3 day trip across the massive Lake Nasser and reaching at Abu Simbel, from where the passengers can then get back to Aswan after visiting the temple.

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Security office on duty near the Abu Simbel temple in south Egypt

Security in Egypt is a big factor for ensuring that the tourism industry remains strong, although the recent political turmoil in the country has already hit the tourism industry. During the past 2 decades, there were terror attacks on tourists in the country, leading to the deaths of many tourists, and these had a pretty bad impact on tourism. As a result, there was a lot more focus on ensuring that tourists are safe, with tourism police being setup at all tourist locations.

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