Egypt’s Depressed Tourism Industry Leaves Bored Camels

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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.

Answer:
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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