A traveller’s furious Reddit post detailing three difficult weeks in Egypt has gone viral, setting off a massive online debate about tourist safety and the growing frustration many visitors say they face in the country.

The traveller said he was writing the post while seated on the flight out of Egypt, explaining that his experience “drained my soul like a Dyson vacuum on turbo mode.” He claimed that the problems began immediately at Cairo Airport, where a $15 “fast immigration” service placed him in the same queue as every other passenger, despite promising quicker processing. Advertisement

Shortly after, he said he was stopped by a man demanding another $15 for what was described as a “registration fee,” which he believed had been invented on the spot. According to him, several other

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