{"id":584219,"date":"2023-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/03\/28\/multiyear-multiple-entry-tourist-visas-in-the-works\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T00:00:00","slug":"multiyear-multiple-entry-tourist-visas-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/03\/28\/multiyear-multiple-entry-tourist-visas-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiyear, multiple entry tourist visas in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Tourists could soon be able to apply for a new five-year, mu<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ltiple entry visa<\/span><span style=\"\">,<\/span><span>which <\/span><span>would set them back USD 700, Tourism Minister Ahmed Issa <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid026uw62CJtjAh8d39YBHzfa9yhnp6Fod4J2oztgiFqhZNGwJHMhzKHG4XBJcC9PxkMl\" style=\"\">said<\/a><\/span><span> at a press conference <\/span><span>yesterday (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gbs9R_Pii1g\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 6:36<\/a><\/span><span>). The measure is one of several meant to ease entry restrictions for tourists as the ministry works to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d16559a4-09f7-46d7-a662-a86a9f90eb66\" style=\"\">double the number of tourists<\/a><\/span><span> to Egypt to 30 mn annually by 2028. More details will be announced soon, the ministry said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">More travelers eligible for visa-on-arrival:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Chinese, Turkish, Algerian, Moroccan, In<\/span><span style=\"\">dian <\/span><span>(with GCC residency) and Iraqi (those with visas for developed countries) can now obtain a USD 25 entry visa upon arrival, according to the ministry statement. Meanwhile, Iranian nationals can now get an entry visa on arrival in South Sinai, while Israelis are allowed to travel to Hurghada (as long as they are traveling with a tourist company). The government last year added more than <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/world\/mena\/egypt-offers-e-visas-to-180-nationalities-to-prop-up-tourism-1.1648724811647\" style=\"\">100 nationalities to the list<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> eligible for entry visas upon arrival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The move comes against the backdrop of shifting alignments in the region: <\/span><span>Potential <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/993d22a8-9a19-4c9e-a8aa-9c4f36b51156\" style=\"\">reconciliation<\/a><\/span><span> between Egypt and Turkey is in the cards, and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/825be48b-fd9c-4d01-a7ba-f0138df50d88\" style=\"\">Tehran<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> has said it wants to strengthen ties with Cairo following the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER- <\/span><span>The Tourism Ministry is expecting to receive a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/17592ef1-2055-49cb-94c1-4ab525d57ba5\" style=\"\">record 15 mn tourists<\/a><\/span><span> this year, up 28% from last year. <\/span><span style=\"\">The industry had a strong 2022, quickly shaking off the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war as operators replaced low-margin Ukrainian and Russian package tours with higher value travelers from Europe and the US. We also saw a strong uptick in Chinese visitors last year<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Museums opening soon:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Imhotep Museum at Saqqara archaeological site will open i<\/span><span style=\"\">n the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">coming weeks, as will the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, which has been closed for 17 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">GEM when?<\/span><span style=\"\"> We\u2019re still waiting on news about when the ministry plans on finally openin<\/span><span style=\"\">g the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">doors to the Grand Egyptian Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ICYMI- Hilton regional president JJ Sleiffer <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d16559a4-09f7-46d7-a662-a86a9f90eb66\" style=\"\">sat down with us<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> recently to talk about ways to grow the sector <\/span><span> \u2014 including why making it easier for visitors to get a visa is a smart idea.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new visas would set visitors back USD 700<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7377],"tags":[72,238,797],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-584219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-enterpriseam","tag-tourism","tag-tourism-and-antiquities-ministry","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"0a8ade82-5799-4cd4-bda0-f284168d7d6e","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/3\/503.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Tourists to Egypt could soon get multi-year, multiple entry visas","related_issue":[584208],"teaser":"The new visas would set visitors back USD 700","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/3\/.f8f3ff8e-c4b8-4681-ade8-b56f616ba270.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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