The return of regular, direct flights to Egypt from countries that have halted such flights would help boost the country's ailing tourism sector, Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said on Friday. Rashed said, Commenting on Germany's decision to lift a ban on checked luggage on flights from Sharm El-Sheikh, that it is necessary to separate politics from tourism. "Tourists should have the freedom to travel to any country that is not in a state of war," he was quoted as saying by Al-Ahram's News.