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Heading back to Sharm el-Sheikh

The Red Sea resort is ready to make up for lost time following the virus lockdown and being shut to Scots tourists for five years
One of the beaches at Sharm el-Sheikh
One of the beaches at Sharm el-Sheikh
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Remember holidays? You’d go away, get a tan, eat strange food and experience new worlds. Well, the good news is those times will come again, and when they do, Sharm el-Sheikh will be waiting. From November, Scots will be able to fly direct to the Red Sea resort once again, almost five years since terrorist attacks prompted the British government to impose a travel ban. Need something to look forward to during lockdown? Sharm’s your place.

In February I travelled out on a TUI flight from Gatwick. The first thing to say is that the people in Sharm will be almost deliriously happy to see you. At TUI’s Magic Life resort, a red carpet awaited new arrivals, with a dominoes-stack of hotel staff literally applauding