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January 18th, 2007

Metatourism in Alexandria

Posted in Africa and Middle East, Art and Design, Heritage and Preservation by Patrick Donovan

I stumbled upon these unloved old tourism paintings on a neglected building in the back streets of Alexandria, Egypt. Somehow they fed my enthusiasm about Egypt, yet newer promotional material would have had the opposite effect. How long does it take for marketing to become heritage?

Tags: Advertising, Alexandria, Egypt, Tourism

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