Over the next few weeks, Egypt’s government authorities will spend E£250 million ($31.4 million) on more CCTV cameras, sniffer dogs and X-ray machines at tourist resorts in efforts to improve tourist security, said a report

The measures come as part of a plan to revive the country’s tourism industry, which has seen visitor numbers drop drastically due to political instability and attacks claimed by Isil and other terror groups, Telegraph Travel reported.

“Public security camera numbers at Sharm el-Sheikh will be doubled from around 100,” Hisham Zaazou, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism, told Telegraph Travel. He admitted that hotel occupancy was “extremely bad” – around 15 per cent – at the Red Sea complex.

The installations will come after three tourists were injured in a knife assault in the tourist resort of Hurghada and an Isil-claimed attack saw pellet guns shot at a hotel and guest bus near the Giza pyramids during the first week of 2016.

Archaeological sites would also see new security installations, Zaazou said. “There is another E£50 million– around $6.2 million – earmarked for the ancient temples at Luxor, which was targeted by an attempted suicide bomber attack in June last year. This brings to the total spend on security up to around $37.7 million,” he said.

Furthermore, the Egyptian government is in “serious negotiations” with a Saudi Arabian investor to build a new multi-million pound resort, part of a $1 billion plan for new complexes on the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, the report said.