'Egypt Selfie' campaign to see Egypt from tourists’ eyes

CAIRO – 15 November 2017: Many tourists have positively responded to an “Egypt Selfie” campaign by sharing their selfies from every place they visit in Egypt, videos as a message of love and peace to the whole world, and things about the most secure country ever. They left various comments inviting others to visit the Egypt:

1- A foreign couple shared a video of them walking along one of the touristic places in Egypt and acting in Pharaonic positions. The video had more than a million views once it was uploaded on This is Wonderful Egypt Facebook page.

2- Kazakhstanian women named Kamila supported the campaign with photos of her wearing pharaonic outfits at several historical places, like the Giza Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum.


kazakhstanian women in Egypt with Pharaonic outfit -
This is Wonderful Egypt Facebook Page

3- An Iraqi family participated in the campaign with their photos after visiting about 10 touristic sites.

4- A traveling girl named Jordan Taylor provided the campaign with her selfies at the Giza Pyramids, Mohamed Ali Mosque in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan to deispel all allegations that Egypt is an unsafe country for women.


Photo 3 Tourists taking selfies in Giza Pyramids - This is Wonderful Egypt Facebook Page

5- An American tourist has uploaded his tour at the Roman Pavilion of the Egyptian Museum with a caption stating that the knowledge he acquired in Egypt is equal to all he had learned from school since 1978.


Traveller Jordan Taylor in Egypt official Facebook page

It seems that tourists are playing an active role in these campaigns not only by visiting our country, but also by promoting tourism in Egypt and encouraging others all over the world to visit every inch of the country.

The Egypt Selfie campaign is a friendly attempt to create a more valuable and attractive story about Egypt. The site was launched by Ahmed Salama. He launched it on social media, sponsored by his Facebook page This is Wonderful Egypt.

At first, Ahmed started with himself . He shared a lot of selfies on the campaign group and encouraged other Egyptians to attract Arabs and foreigners.