Egypt may impose hefty fines on tourist harassers

A draft law that would impose fines on vendors who harass tourists in Egypt also hopes to curtail the sexual harassment of visitors to the country.
Souvenir vendors wait for tourists in front of the Giza pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, November 8, 2015. Egypt's Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said Cairo regretted the suspension of flights and was doing all it could to secure its airports and tourist sites, adding that he would fly to Sharm al-Sheikh to oversee measures to support tourists there. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTS60A4
Souvenir vendors wait for tourists in front of the Giza pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 8, 2015. A draft law would fine hawkers who harass tourists to buy the seller's wares. - REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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Egypt has drafted a bill that would impose hefty fines on people who harass tourists as part of efforts aimed at attracting additional tourists to Egypt and reinvigorating the country’s struggling tourism industry.

The draft law stipulates that a tourist harasser could receive a fine ranging from 3,000 Egyptian pounds to 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($166-$555), state television quoted Antiquities Minister Khaled El-Anani as saying.

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