Egypt gives someone the world’s most iconic sights an important upgrade in the hope of improving the visitor experience.
The Pyramids of Giza attract more than 14 million tourists every year, but travelers often stay underwhelmed because of their experience with the historical UNESCO World heritage site.
Assembling complaints about mismanagement, aggressive suppliers and even abuse of animals have taken a toll of the reputation of the site, whereby visitors report that the reality does not suffice.
Now a project of $ 51 million (£ 38 million) under the leadership of Orascom Pyramids Entertainment Services Company wants to change that.
As part of the initiative, 45 electric buses have been introduced every five minutes to commute visitors around the site.
A modern online ticket system, a upgraded visitor center and the restoration of old graves are also in the making, as reported by the Explicitly.
In a statement shared to X, Naguib Sawiris, the founder of Orascom Telecom Holding and Orascom Investment Holding, emphasized the ‘offensive’ behavior of approximately 2,000 camel and horse riders.
Sawiris wrote: “The disruption of the continuous tourist bus route, the horse and the camel manure and their dirty smelling waste that insults and pollutes the most important archaeological site in the world makes the visit a very bad experience.”
Egypt gives someone the world’s most iconic sights, the pyramids of Giza, an important upgrade in the hope of improving the visitor experience
He also emphasized that sellers who do not move to a newly designated zone are prohibited, adding to it: ‘The solution is that they must go to the training area as planned by the state and stay away from the asphalt bus route to prevent tourists from being hindered.
“In the case of refusal, they must be fully prevented to maintain this historical area, because the public interest is more important than 2,000 people who have been harming their country for years.”
Moreover, a recent investigation by animal rights group PETA has Exposed serious abuse of camels and horses used for tourist journeys on the site.
PETA claims that the animals are beaten, starved and sometimes left behind to die on the street.
Jason Baker, vice -president of Peta Asia, said: ‘Peta has documented the routine, kicking, waving and starving from horses and camels in the pyramids.
‘Animals are literally driven to death and then dumped as waste outside the gate. The Pyramids of Giza must symbolize the beauty and history of Egypt – not uncontrolled animal abuse. ‘
It comes after an animal -loving one Dutch Vigilante who attacked a man she saw a donkey hit in Egypt is now confronted with a lawsuit.
Amazing images shows Expat -joke Van der Post that hits the animal’s handler before haunting him with a whip while trying to flee.
Assembling complaints about mismanagement, aggressive suppliers and even abuse of animals have taken a toll of the reputation of the site
A modern online ticket system, a upgraded visitor center and the restoration of old graves are also in the making
Moreover, a recent study by animal rights group PETA has exposed serious abuse of camels and horses that are used for tourist journeys on the site
In the heartbreaking video – which has since become viral – the donkey kicks off pain because it is repeatedly beaten while tied to a wall on the edge of Cairo.
Shocks through the horrific cruelty, the 47-year-old runs to the man before he holds him against a wall and hits him several times: “You think you’re normal.”
While the man is trying to run Mrs. Van der Post, who manages a veterinary practice called the Good Karma Sanctuary, a whip of another donkey handler and follows him in the distance.
The man submitted a complaint from the police in which Mrs Van der Post accused of assault and claimed in the viral video caused him ‘psychological damage’, local media reports.
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