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State plans to replace animals with Electric Vehicles in tourism: EGYPT
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism announces its intention to use electric buses to transport visitors to the main tourist sites and archaeological sites in the country. The measure is ecological, but its main reason is zoological. Its objective is to preserve the animals that bend under the weight of tourism.
The pyramids of the Giza Plateau in northeastern Egypt will soon experience a revolution in the means of transportation available to visitors. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism offers electric cars and buses to take tourists around the pyramids and archaeological sites of the country.
This is in line with the new vision of mobility defended by the concepts of a sustainable city. The use of electric vehicles is an eco-responsible option, since they emit much less greenhouse gases (GHG) than gasoline vehicles. However, for the ecological advantage of electric vehicles advertised on Egyptian tourist sites to become a reality, the electricity used by these vehicles would have to come from a renewable source. These details will undoubtedly be provided during the design and implementation phase of the electric mobility project in Egypt’s tourist sites.
The Question? – Is this the end of animal abuse in the tourist circuits of Egypt?
As reported by Afrik21, the electric mobility project announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism stems above all from a situation denounced by more than 500,000 activists for animal rights. In April 2019, the Asian branch of the animal protection NGO Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) published a survey revealing mistreatment of camels and horses in the transport of tourists around the pyramids “beatings, dehydration, malnutrition , lack of care … “We do not know the exact figures, but it is estimated that several hundred horses and camels are abused in these Egyptian tourist sites”, laments Anissa Putois of the NGO Peta France.
This report by the NGO Peta will unleash a wave of outrage over animal abuse in Egyptian tourism, prompting the government to take action. Hence the announcement by the Ministry of Tourism to replace the backs of animals with electric cars.
