Egypt’s walking tours and hidden gems: these are the people trying to shake up the country’s tourism industry

Egypt’s walking tours and hidden gems: these are the people trying to shake up the country’s tourism industry

The typical tourist visiting Egypt will usually see the bucket-list sites: the Pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian Museum, the Citadel and Khan El Khalili bazaar in Cairo, followed by a Luxor and Aswan Nile cruise.

“In the last 100 years, tourism in Egypt hasn't changed, which is shocking,” says Egyptian Asmaa Khattab.

“The programmes are the same and people have just been doing copy-paste.”