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Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Egypt’s tourist crisis as viewed by a hotel entertainer

Egypt’s tourist crisis through the eyes of “Tito”: The BBC Documentary podcast published an episode yesterday on the tourist crisis in Egypt as explored by a Hurghada-based entertainer known as “Tito,” who gives the listeners “a story from his heart” and introduces them to “life inside the tourist resorts that have no tourists, and to the people whose lives have changed forever.” The BBC’s description of the episode notes that “Tito is 30. He has worked as an entertainer in Egypt’s illustrious hotel scene all his working life. He sings, he dances, he is a comedian and he has entertained thousands of western tourists over his 15-year career. Those tourists aren’t there anymore, neither is the work and neither are most of the hotels Tito has worked in” (runtime 29:39).

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