Egypt reopens pyramids to visitors - Asia Times
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Authorities are hoping holidaymakers will brave flying and head to Egypt after international flights resumed on Tuesday under loosening travel restrictions.“We came to the Pyramids today because they opened up after they were closed for a long time,” Ashiana Love, an Australian tourist at the site, told AFP. The most populous Arab country enforced a three-month night-time curfew after its first recorded COVID-19 infection on February 14. It closed museums and archaeological sites along with shops, cafes and restaurants in order to stem the outbreak.
It has recorded more than 68,000 cases and nearly 3,000 deaths.
But tour guide Fatma Bayoumy said she was reassured by reinforced safety measures at the site.“There are many protective procedures taken… before entering the Pyramids. They disinfect everything, the visitors and the bags — it is safe,” she told AFP on a scorching Cairo morning.The pandemic was a stinging blow to Egypt’s tourism industry, which accounts for a fifth of GDP and employs some three million people.
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