Tour guides
18,000 members may lose jobs: tour guides union
Egypt
November 27, 2015
18,000 members may lose jobs: tour guides union
About 18,000 tour guides who are members of the tour guides union may lose their jobs due to low hotel…
Tour guides say Russian plane crash findings bad for tourism
Egypt
November 17, 2015
Tour guides say Russian plane crash findings bad for tourism
Egyptian tour guides said Russia's declaration Tuesday that its fatal Metrojet airliner crash near Egypt’s resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh…
Tour guides demand 2011 law on pay raise be enforced
Egypt
May 10, 2015
Tour guides demand 2011 law on pay raise be enforced
Egyptian tour guides have demanded that a 2011 decree that would set their minimum salary at LE300 a day be…
Hurghada travel operators threaten to halt Luxor trips over bad roads
Egypt
November 6, 2014
Hurghada travel operators threaten to halt Luxor trips over bad roads
Correspondence between the tour guides syndicate in Hurghada and the government say that foreign travel agencies have threatened to halt…
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a downtown tour guide
Life & Style
April 2, 2012
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a downtown tour guide
Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With…
Protesting tour guides fear Islamist rise
Egypt
December 9, 2011
Protesting tour guides fear Islamist rise
Around 1000 Egyptians rallied near the ancient pyramids on Friday to protest against what they said were threats by Islamic…