Both attackers were killed by security forces after a shootout, state television reported.
One German man and a Danish woman were both stabbed. It was unclear the severity of their wounds.
The assailants arrived by sea to carrying out the assault on the beachside Bella Vista Hotel, but that security forces had repelled the assault, killing the attacker wearing the suicide bomb, sources told Reuters.
However, the Interior Ministry gave a very different account, saying two assailants with knives had wounded two Austrians and a Swede. It said one of the attackers was a student from the Cairo suburb of Giza.
The attack came a day after a tourist bus took fire from gunmen in the capital, Cairo. No one was reported hurt in that attack.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility on Friday for the Cairo shooting directed at Israeli tourists.
Tourism roiled by attacks
An internet statement said it was in response to a call by ISIL's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to target Jews "everywhere".
Egypt is fighting a wave of armed attacks, which began in remote regions of the Sinai, but is increasingly focusing on targets previously considered safe such as the tourist resorts on the Red Sea.
Tourism, a big revenue earner for the country of 80 million, has been roiled by attacks in recent years.
Armed groups linked to ISIL have intensified their attacks after current President Abdul Fatah el-Sisi came to power following a coup nearly two years ago.
ISIL also claimed the downing of a Russian passenger plane on October 31 that killed all 224 people on board, but Cairo says it has found no evidence of terrorism in the crash.
However, Russia and Western governments have said the airliner was probably brought down by a bomb.
Source: Agencies - aljazeera.com
9/1/16
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