The new governor of Egypt’s Luxor province, Adel Khayat, has resigned amid controversy over his links to an Islamist group that carried out a deadly attack on tourists there in 1997. Mr Khayat was appointed Luxor’s governor by President Morsi last week. Luxor is a prime destination for tourists, though the local economy has been struggling as visitor numbers have dropped since Egypt’s political uprising in 2011. Tourism workers there had protested against the appointment and Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou offered his resignation to the prime minister.