Submitted by Sean Williams on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 10:50
It's fair enough not to be allowed to snap away inside the tombs of the Valley of the Kings (unless you're Sandro Vannini , see why here). Flash photography - and that's what you'll need - can have a damaging effect on the delicate tomb paintings, some of which are around 4,000 years old. But jobsworth Egyptian officials denying you a snapshot outside the tombs? According to Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, that's not on.
Having been a tour leader for an adventure travel company, I was interested to read the recently published World Monuments Fund (WMF) guidelines for sustainable tourism, all of which have been inadvertently followed for years by conscientious tourists and tour companies.
