Desperate vendors in Dinghy boats berth cruise ships on the Nile river Egypt-Political instability has crippled tourism industry
Vendors on the Nile river between Luxor and Aswan (catering to cruise ships that they follow during their stops) got particularly badly hit by the drop in tourism-Tourism is said officially to be down 33% ( probably accurate numbers much higher) and 80% of the people in Luxor & Aswan are dependent on the Tourism industry. In this series of images : vendors were taking big risks to sale textiles to the very few tourists on the ships
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