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China and India are the number one and two sources of outbound tourists in the world and are growing at up to 10 times the annual rate of outbound western tourism. But you wouldn’t know that looking...
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I don't think there is any money to do anything about the problem at the moment, if you read DJ's post in Know Egypt its seems money is being spent on other things.
A host of unguarded statements made at a meeting between Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and political figures held to discuss the Ethiopia dam 'crisis' have prompted a wave of criticism against...
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For Bombay. In the land of conspiracy theorists anything is possible except that stuff-ups happen and that people sometimes say stupid things when they are threatened.
Bikini Bustup! Egypt mistakes swimwear models for porn actresses.
A group of tourists, held on suspicion of filming a pornographic movie in Egypt, has been released after the authorities...
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I wonder if it had been the Luxor five on that particular beach they would of been arrested for possible indecency/ porno charges while prancing about in their swim wear? 8)
An Egyptian court has sentenced five foreign nationals to execution by hanging for drug smuggling offences.
Five men, including one Briton, one Pakistani and three from the Seychelles, were...
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Well what can one say, drugs has changed the criminal mind worldwide, big bucks$$$:
3 tons of cannabis being smuggled buy a 75 year old aged British pensioner, bet he's had a good life up till now,...
Meteorologists warned that a heat wave will hit Egypt on Sunday. Temperatures in Greater Cairo will reach 43 degrees celsius.
Moderate weather will...
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Jeez one never takes temperatures in the sun, anyhow so what happened to this supposed heatwave today, quite normal for this time of the year I thought, what with those peaceful power-cuts an...
Egypt has ordered hotels nationwide to block men from working in hotel women’s spas, in order to combat sexual harassment of tourists, Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou stated Sunday.
Any hotel spa...
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I was holding no one in particular accountable, just the usual mode of disinterest were assaults on females are concerned. Probably should of said 100 years to late.
Egypt's fast-growing 'Rebel' campaign, which is collecting signatures for a vote of no confidence in President Morsi, has launched an official website.
The campaign, which officially opened on 1...
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Wonder if the online petition allows for multiple signatures. Thought that they said a few weeks ago that the then physical petition required identification by the signer - how would they do this...
As a consequence of the security vacuum and the absence of law prevailing since the revolution that unseated former strongman Hosni Mubarak, the sale of phoney, potentially lethal drugs on the...
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Thanks for the explanation D.......never heard of one of these before and now that I have heard of it the mind boggles with visions of Marty F wearing one and all the skinny skinny models with buggy...
It is summer time in Egypt, a season when many Egyptians prepare to travel abroad for a myriad of reasons, whether for tourism, business or studying. However, it is a struggle for many of them to get...
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There's probably a catch 22 position with visa's - if you've never had one then how do the authorities know that you are going to return home as there is no travel history but on the other hand if...
Security forces in the Upper Egyptian city of Luxor have reportedly arrested five out of 10 male relatives accused of killing three female family members after suspecting them of having affairs.
The link below is to a recent article on Tourism. There is not much new in the article it but it points out how the trade has come back from past problems (1998 Luxor 60 killed, 2006 Dahab 23...
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Brian Yare - I'd also like to know the breakdown. I've never seen figures on duration: which is probably more important. All you get is figures like 10 million tourists rather than 70 million tourist...
Egypt’s government expects to collect around LE2.7 billion (roughly $388.5 million) in revenues from property taxes imposed on 15 million units and that have been counted by the tax authority’s...
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15 Poles BB, you are lucky living next to a half empty house for the peace and quiet. :lol:
The World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt released a report on Tuesday showing that 17 percent of Egypt's population, an estimated 13.7 million people, suffered from food insecurity in 2011, compared...
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The result has been an increase in poverty rates and of malnutrition.
I think there would also be an increase in lots of other factors as well - domestic violence, crime, mental health etc which...
It's rare that I have come across a shop in Luxor that seems to be able to add the price of a few items up in their head quickly, most times they have to use a calculator, sometimes they have to...
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My sister was/is a maths genius, whereas I was the proverbial underachiever with the numbers, a thicko. She still works at 67 to make ends meet, I retired at 50 and used any form of electronic devise...
The streets are almost deserted. Luxury hotels, some with 270 rooms, are empty, except for the lonely hotel porter. Taxi drivers are waiting for customers that are not coming. Luxor, one of the...
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The Syrian kids here are, as I've pointed out previously, a nuisance, or used to be. They seemed to have quietened down a lot of late. I was talking to my Egyptian neighbour a couple of days ago and...
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