Egypt builds concrete security wall around Sharm el-Sheikh

Egypt has recently constructed a 36-kilometer concrete and wire barrier encircling Sharm el-Sheikh, which will help protect tourism at the Red Sea resort on the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula, Report informs referring to CNN.

Authorities in southern Sinai hope to revitalize tourism, which has been dented by upheaval after Egypt's 2011 uprising, the crash of a Russian passenger jet in Sinai in 2015, and the coronavirus pandemic. In 2005, bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh killed dozens in one of Egypt's deadliest militant attacks.

The security barrier is made of concrete slabs with wire fencing stretches separating the resort from the desert around it. Some of the slabs are marked with black peace symbols.

Those entering the city by road have to pass through one of four gates equipped with cameras and scanners.

Sharm el-Sheikh is about 360 km (224 miles) south of Sinai's northern, Mediterranean coast, where an insurgency by Islamist militants has been concentrated.