Nuweiba History

History

During the Israeli occupation, Nuweiba was the site of a large moshav (farming settlement), which has since been converted into a residence for Egyptian government officials. In the 1990s Israelis formed the bulk of the tourist trade, but the vagaries of the regional political situation over the past decade and the fallout from the Iraq war have forced many new tourism projects to a halt. Today the outskirts of Nuweiba and the coastline north to Taba is littered with the shells of half-built resorts.

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