Editing Sinai Peninsula (section)

==Economy==
{{See also|Tourism in Egypt}}

Since the Israeli–Egyptian peace treaty, Sinai's scenic spots (including [[coral reef]]s offshore) and religious structures have become important to the tourism industry. The most popular tourist destination in Sinai are [[Mount Sinai]] (''Jabal Musa'') and [[Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai|St Catherine's Monastery]], which is considered to be the oldest working Christian monastery in the world, and the beach resorts of [[Sharm el-Sheikh]], [[Dahab]], [[Nuweiba]] and [[Taba, Egypt|Taba]]. Most tourists arrive at [[Sharm El Sheikh International Airport]], through Eilat, Israel and the [[Taba Border Crossing]], by road from [[Cairo]] or by ferry from [[Aqaba]] in Jordan.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

[[Cactus|Cacti]] – especially [[cactus pear]]s – are grown in Sinai. They are a crop of the [[Columbian Exchange]]. Cactus [[hedge]]s – both intentionally planted and wild [[garden escape]]s – formed an important part of defensible positions during the [[Sinai and Palestine campaign]] of World War I. Some unfamiliar soldiers even tried eating them, to negative result.<ref name="Woodfin-2012">{{cite book |last=Woodfin |first=Edward C. |title=Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Front : The experience of the British Empire Soldier, 1916{{emdash}}18 | publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] | publication-place=Houndmills, [[Basingstoke]], Hampshire, & [[New York City]] | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-230-30376-8 | oclc=779244382 | pages=xix+220}}</ref>

[[Dromedary]] herding is important here. ''[[Trypanosoma evansi]]'' is a constant concern and is transmitted by several [[vector (epidemiology)|vector]]s. Although [[tick]]s have not been proven to be among them, Mahmoud and Gray 1980 and El-Kady 1998 experimentally demonstrate survival of ''T. evansi'' in camel ticks of the ''[[Hyalomma]]'' for several hours in the real bio-climatic conditions of Sinai.<ref name="Moussiaux-Desmecht-2008">{{cite journal |last1=Antoine-Moussiaux |first1=Nicolas |last2=Desmecht |first2=Daniel |title=Epidémiologie de l'infection par ''Trypanosoma evansi'' |journal=Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire |year=2008 |publisher=[[University of Liège]] |volume=152 |issue=3 |issn=0003-4118 |hdl=2268/25781 |language=fr |pages=191–201 |eissn=1781-3875}}</ref>

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File:Dahab View from dive shop.JPG|[[Dahab]] in Southern Sinai is a popular beach and diving resort
File:ISJabalMusa.JPG|Gabal or Jebel Musa, identified by Christians with [[Mount Sinai]]
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