Taxi Fares Displayed at Luxor Airport
In her Luxor News blog, Jane Askar posts that there is now a big sign at the airport stating the taxi fares to the various hotels on the East Bank. Usually, you need to agree the rate before stepping into an Egyptian taxi, but now you are informed that from the Luxor Airport to the center of town is 25LE, slightly out of town is 30LE and the fare to Jolliville and Sofitel are marked as 35LE. Askar asks tourists to be generous on tipping and explains why.
“I know when you are on holiday in Egypt the constant requests for tips or baksheesh are wearing. In fact it can put you off. I want you to understand what it is like for a man here.”
She goes on to explain how inflation is hitting the poorest very hard, and in a place with little industry and manufacturing, men must rely on tourists to bring bread to their families. And bread, which Egyptians call ayish, meaning “life”, is in shortage and prohibitively expensive.
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