Tiran Island each year attracts many tourists and is the original card of Egypt. The island is located between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba. Tiran is located close to the popular resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh and geographically belongs to Republic of Egypt.

In Article 6. n. e. It is here that an independent Jewish principality Iotvat (iota). This Jewish principality had at its disposal a solid navy, as well as strong economic relations with Egypt, Arabia, and Ethiopia. After the principality became part of the Byzantine Empire.

The island has played a historic role in the beginning of the conflict in 1955, when Egypt has banned Israeli ships to pass through the Straits of Tiran. On the island, and a few were located nearby military bases, control the Strait. Also it established a naval base in the city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Today the only inhabitants of Tirana are soldiers from the military base of the United Nations. Beautiful nature plume sea between the island of Tiran and the Sinai Peninsula is represented by beautiful coral reefs under the names Woodhouse, Thomas, Jackson and Gordon, named after the British officers who have devoted a lot of time studying them. It is these reefs and attract tourists from all over the world who come here to enjoy diving.

The underwater world of the island is famous for its extraordinary beauty and today is considered one of the most interesting in Egypt. In the waters of Tiran Island inhabits a lot of fish. It regularly organizes trips, one of them is called "Pirate Boat".