CAIRO – 21 July 2022: Egypt’s Cabinet approved, during its meeting on Wednesday, some new rules regulating personal photography in public places for Egyptians, foreigners, foreign residents and tourists. It has been agreed that personal photography with all types of traditional or digital cameras and video cameras will be free of charge and without any prior permits. In August 2021, the Supreme Council of Antiquities also approved new incentive controls for commercial, promotional and cinematic photography in Egyptian museums and archaeological sites. Filming packages (daily, weekly, and monthly) were applied to motivate producers, as well as local and international production companies, to film in the various Egyptian museums and archaeological sites. It will also include the regulations of photography in public places in various languages.

Source: Egypt Today July 21, 2022 12:33 UTC