Here’s where Egypt has started its cashless system for tickets

Here’s where Egypt has started its cashless system for tickets

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities issued a statement on Friday regarding which archaeological sites and museums now apply cashless payment system to purchase entry tickets, and covered the most prominent methods of payment – whether for individual visitors or tourism companies.

In recent years the ministry has begun implementing a payment system using bank cards of all kinds to purchase tickets to visit some archaeological sites and museums.

Cash payments are suspended in full, so that dealings are done through cashless payments.

The ministry said that this comes as a continuation of its plan for a comprehensive digital transformation and aid the Egyptian state to shift towards cashless payments.

So far the areas the new system applies to are the Giza pyramids area, the Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Citadel, the Unfinished Obelisk and the temples of Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and Abu Simbel in Aswan, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, and the Nubian Museum.

It added that cash payments for Egyptian school trips will be allowed temporarily, until the ministry finishes implementing an electronic portal that allows various schools to pre-book their school trips and pay them using bank cards as well.

The .inistry clarified that there are several methods being used to purchase entry