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A new restaurant and environmentally-friendly buses: Egypt upgrades visitor experience at Giza pyramids site
'One of the problems always faced is that people say there are no special services for tourists,' said Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities
Reuters
October 25, 2020
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