There are a number of dive sites and a diving resort.
Four of those freed today were from the original group of 21 people kidnapped on April 23 at a nearby diving resort in Malaysia.
Six Malaysians from the diving resort were freed earlier.
Diving in the Red Sea is spectacular and the diving resorts don't come much better than in Egypt.
It is best known today as a seaside and diving resort and also as a home for Jordan's mega projects.
Among the victims are tourists seized at a diving resort in neighboring Malaysia.
Xlendi bay is a small fishing village, but is also an ideal bathing and diving resort especially in summer.
The 25 remaining captives include nine Westerners abducted at a diving resort in Malaysia in April.
The Gulf of Thailand has many coral reefs, and several diving resorts.
In the early 1990s, Sharm el-Sheikh began to develop as a diving resort.
