Electronic payment machines for entry tickets to Great Pyramids of Giza now available

CAIRO – 27 October 2021: Within the framework the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities' strategy to achieve a comprehensive digital transformation, the ministry started on October 27, to activate the electronic payment machines for the entry tickets of the Giza Pyramids Archaeological Area, to replace the manual tickets payment system, while preserving the identity of the area and its archaeological character.

Director General of the Giza Pyramids Archaeological Area Ashraf Mohieldin said in a statement that these machines are part of an integrated electronic system to issue modern tickets bearing a QR code and used only once through the smart gates, which reads the ticket at high speed while the tourist is walking to prevent crowding.

It also allows counting the number of tourists entering and leaving the area for the purposes of insuring and following-up on the tickets that have been sold, which prevents entry with forged tickets.

It is worth noting that during September, new electronic payment machines for entry tickets to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir were activated.