Jake Warga

Jake Warga

Jake Warga has traveled to over 50 countries as a journalist and photographer. His radio work has aired on This American Life, Studio360, All Things Considered and Market Place among others.

Egypt’s Depressed Tourism Industry Leaves Bored Camels

December 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
Tourist camel in front of Giza pyramid. (Photo: Jake Warga)

Tourist camel in front of Giza pyramid. (Photo: Jake Warga)

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Which way does the Nile River flow?

The world’s longest river starts in the highlands of Central Africa and flows down hill all the way to the Mediterranean.

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So the Nile River flows north. And its in the north – near the Giza plateau on the west bank of the Nile – that tourism should be booming. But in the 10 months since Egypt’s revolution tourism has slowed to a trickle as Jake Warga reports.


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  • http://twitter.com/seethrufaded elle smith

    There is nothing in this situation about which to wax whimsical. “Unemployed” camels, horses, or other animals are starved and/or killed camels and horses. This is a situation of suffering, and the animals are innocent victims.