But this month, Egypt found itself facing an opponent it could not silence so easily. “Cairo Airport: Is There a Worse Major Airport?” the travel blogger Ben Schlappig pondered in a no-holds-barred post on his website, One Mile at a Time. He cited the “actively hostile and rude” staff, the “endless requests for tips,” the “disorder” in line, the “weak” dining options and the “yuck” lounges. “My visits have varied from inconvenient and disorganized, to outright chaotic,” he wrote. Besides employing one in 12 Egyptian workers, the tourism industry delivers desperately needed foreign currency to a country reeling from a prolonged economic crisis.

Source: International New York Times November 25, 2024 01:09 UTC