Holiday companies cancel Egypt tours until October as violence continues, but Sharm el Sheikh remains open for business

Published: 11:03 GMT, 9 July 2013 | Updated: 14:31 GMT, 9 July 2013

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Adventure holiday companies are implementing the mass cancellation of trips to Egypt over the next couple of months as violence continues to grip the country following the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi.

Adventure holiday companies Explore! and Exodus have cancelled scores of planned trips in response to updates from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) which advises against all but essential travel to Egypt, except for resorts in the Red Sea region.

Explore! has cancelled all holidays to the country until October 5, while Exodus has cancelled tours until the end of September. Both companies are also monitoring the situation.

Unrest: As protests and violence continue following the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi, travel companies are cancelling scores of tours

Exodus is currently contacting customers to inform them of the decision and is also offering travellers who are worried about Egypt trips they have booked for later in 2013 the chance to transfer to an alternative holiday for no extra fee.

Fir its part, Explore! has issued a statement saying: "The UK Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to most of Egypt. Consequently we have taken the decision to cancel all Explore tours due to depart prior to October 5, 2013, and our Reservations team has contacted customers due to depart within this period to discuss cancelling or transferring their bookings.

"Moving forward we will be reviewing the situation in Egypt on a weekly basis and will be looking at tours departing after 06 October 2013 and informing customers accordingly over the coming weeks."