The fee for a full working day is EGP 1,800 and for a half day EGP 1,100
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy has issued a decision raising the fee of tour guides in Egypt from October 1, 2025, setting the fee for a full working day at EGP 1,800 and for a half day at EGP 1,100. A full working day is defined as 8 hours, while 4 continuous hours of work count as a half day.
Fathy stressed the ministry's keenness to support the human element in Egypt's tourism sector and to provide a fair working environment that ensures the quality of tourism services and preserves the rights of workers, including tour guides, adding that the ministry is keen to raise the quality of services provided to tourists in a way that reflects Egypt's civilized image and strengthens its standing among the major tourist destinations.
In a related context, Samia Samy, Assistant Minister for Tourism Companies Affairs, explained that this ministerial decision came in light of the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities' directives on the need to improve the conditions of tour guides and raise their fees in line with current circumstances, especially given the vital role they play and in recognition of the importance of the tour guiding profession in promoting tourism in Egypt and enhancing the quality of the tourist experience, contributing to increased tourist traffic to the country.
She noted that the last increase in tour guide fees was in 2023, when a guide received EGP 1,000 for a full day's work and EGP 600 for a half day.
She stated that a circular on this decision is scheduled to be distributed to the General Syndicate of Tour Guides, as well as to the Chamber of Travel and Tourism Companies and Agencies, to notify all tourism companies to apply it, stressing the need to ensure that no tour guide is paid less than the specified amount. She pointed out that this amount was set in coordination and agreement with the syndicate and the chamber.
