Port-au-Prince was overcrowded before the earthquake. The mass exodus from the capital presented an opportunity to relieve the strain.
VOA: standard.2010.07.16
The cumulative effect is that Egypt is fast becoming a Middle Eastern version of Haiti: a country without meaningful tourism, minimal foreign investment, massive capital flight, and eventually an exodus of its best and brightest.
Another mass exodus form Wales to the Scottish capital is expected again this weekend, and Davies is confident the travelling hordes will not come home disappointed.
Starting with the 1998 currency collapse, the nation has endured the bankruptcy of most major corporations, political turmoil, religious uprisings and the exodus of many in the merchant class (and their capital).