Tourists who were due to participate in an aquatic exercise class perform on the sand instead, at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 (Photo: AP)
Belgium has lifted its warning against travel to Sharm El-Sheikh in South Sinai, Egypt's tourism ministry announced on Monday.
Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou has been trying to remove all such warnings imposed by European countries since February, when a bomb blast on a tour bus in South Sinai killed three South Koreans and their Egyptian driver and raised concerns about safety at Red Sea resorts.
Belgium's move follows Ireland, Finland, Germany, Italy and Denmark.
Some 37,000 Belgian tourists visited Egypt in the first six months this year, a 50 percent drop from the same period a year earlier.
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