It runs from the Gulf of Suez, and it harbors one of the major attractions of the tourism of Egypt: the city of Hurghada. Visited by more than 2.5 million people every year, it’s yielding more than 3 billion dollars to Egypt’s economy. Located 550 Km from Cairo it stretches for 60Km along the coast. It has more than 170 hotels and its climate makes it possible to practice diving all year. The main tourist attraction is the marine life, consisting in lots of coral and colorful fish, very close to the shore. Hurghada is now a world centre for sea sports, and the offshore underwater gardens are famous amongst divers. There are glass bottom boats trough which you can observe the many varieties of rare fish and coral reefs that are developing on the ideal conditions and warm waters.