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Egypt tourism slump blamed on Islamist rule
AFP ^ | December 23, 2012

Posted on 12/23/2012 4:45:22 PM PST by george76

Currently there is no tourism in Egypt," grumbled Adel Anwar, the 32-year-old owner of a trinket stall.

"The new Islamist government has no experience in managing the state," he said. "The Islamists care only about their interests, not us. They forget about everyone else."

The complaint is a common one among workers dependent on Egypt's tourist industry, a key earner for the economy.

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Extremist Islamists are keeping tourists away from Egypt

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; islamist; tourism
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1 posted on 12/23/2012 4:45:32 PM PST by george76
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Get used to it.

I knew people (even jews for that manner) who traveled to Egypt on a regular basis for vacationing.

No friggin way is the word of the day.

How many mmmmmmillions have just been waved buh bye to ?


2 posted on 12/23/2012 4:49:18 PM PST by onona (Poke salad ain't all that bad.)
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Extremist Islamists are keeping tourists away from Egypt

Well....yeah. People like wearing heads. That's how other people know who they are.

3 posted on 12/23/2012 4:49:45 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: george76

It took Capt. Obvious to figure that out.


4 posted on 12/23/2012 4:52:48 PM PST by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: george76

Adel Anwar will be learning to keep his mouth shut before long.


5 posted on 12/23/2012 4:53:06 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: george76

I won’t go to Mexico either.


6 posted on 12/23/2012 4:55:15 PM PST by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: george76

Funny, you’d think they’d want to see the Sphinx and Pyramids before the islamists dynamite them.


7 posted on 12/23/2012 4:55:20 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: onona

Probably won’t be too long before these morons demolish the Pyramids because they’re ‘un-Islamic’. Let them eat Korans, I say.

Except that Uncle Obama will probably be very generous with the aid.


8 posted on 12/23/2012 4:56:25 PM PST by rbg81
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To: george76

No kidding, who wants to vacation in a place that would chop off your head or stone you?


9 posted on 12/23/2012 4:58:51 PM PST by dforest
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To: george76

There was some discussion of the economics during that Arab Spring nonsense.

Egypt has a very large population, and is unable to produce enough food to support itself. They lack much in the way of manufacturing and natural resources, as well. So basically they rely on tourism and foreign aid to support themselves. Without tourism, people will starve.


10 posted on 12/23/2012 5:00:20 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Ironic that a family of Obama supporters make a part of their yearly salaries by taking tour groups to Egypt and experiencing the pyramids and Red Sea by riding camels handled and led by Bedouins. This year there were no takers for the tours for the very first time. How's the Obama supporting working out for the camel tour business in Egypt, eh?
11 posted on 12/23/2012 5:00:30 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: george76

Scratched off my list along with Mexico and Indonesia long ago. Hellholes all of em.


12 posted on 12/23/2012 5:01:24 PM PST by wesagain (The God (Elohim) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the One True GOD.)
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To: onona

Q.”How many mmmmmmillions have just been waved buh bye to ?”
A. None. Coz Obummer`s gonna send them mmmmmmillions of your hard-earned doillars for free. Yukyukyuk


13 posted on 12/23/2012 5:01:47 PM PST by bunkerhill7
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"Funny, you’d think they’d want to see the Sphinx and Pyramids before the islamists dynamite them."

Why bother when souvenir pieces will be blown to a location near you? ;-)

14 posted on 12/23/2012 5:04:02 PM PST by Average Al
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To: george76

Don’t worry Egypt, as soon as I get a response from the State Dept telling me it is legal to bring back to the US, a Slave lawfully purchased in a Foreign Country, My Wife and I are on our way. And since Egypt just formally legalized SLAVERY, We will probably need 2. /S


15 posted on 12/23/2012 5:05:49 PM PST by eyeamok
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In six months, they’ll be blaming the Jooooooooos...


16 posted on 12/23/2012 5:06:28 PM PST by null and void (Going Galt: The won't of the people)
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No problem, under the ruling by Chief Justice Roberts, Americans will be ordered to travel to Egypt and buy trinkets.


17 posted on 12/23/2012 5:17:42 PM PST by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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To: wesagain

I’m just glad I have a friendly country just across the border from me.

In Canada, a paying customer is a paying customer first and foremost.


18 posted on 12/23/2012 5:21:33 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: george76

Well Adel, you gets what you pay for. You buy in to a bunch of zealot pagans and you get pretty much what goes for the new Egypt. Adel, adjust your thinking to the 8th century and you should get along just fine.


19 posted on 12/23/2012 5:48:01 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Save the nation, have your family's progressives spayed or neutered.)
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To: umgud
I won’t go to Mexico either.

A friend and his wife used to go to Mexico for the months of January and February. They loved it there. I would baby sit their house for them while they were away.

They haven't gone to Mexico for the last few years because they fear being kidnapped getting too, or coming from the place in Mexico they really like. - Tom

20 posted on 12/23/2012 5:55:45 PM PST by Capt. Tom
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