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The Environment Ministry is slapping fees on the use of Egypt\u2019s \u201cnatural reserves,\u201d including beaches<\/b>, according to Egypt Today<\/a>. According to the ministerial decision, Egyptians will be required to pay a EGP 25 \u201centrance fee\u201d for any area that falls under the \u201cnatural reserves\u201d category, while foreigners will be required to pay USD 5 during the daytime and USD 10 in the evening. It remains unclear whether these fees are applicable to privately owned beaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Environment Ministry is slapping fees on the use of Egypt\u2019s \u201cnatural reserves,\u201d including beaches, according to Egypt Today. According to the ministerial decision, Egyptians will be required to pay a EGP 25 \u201centrance fee\u201d for any area that falls under the \u201cnatural reserves\u201d category, while foreigners will be required to pay USD 5 during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[9257],"tags":[72,7125,1293,871],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-596416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-your-way-out","tag-enterpriseam","tag-environment","tag-nature","tag-regulation-watch","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"3fb5a76f-b45b-4e8e-879d-d3a9b44592a6","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"b75bb6e5-44c2-435e-b5ad-7522b78754fc","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[596385],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEnvironment Ministry to impose fees on Egypt\u2019s natural reserves - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/08\/27\/environment-ministry-to-impose-fees-on-egypts-natural-reserves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Environment Ministry to impose fees on Egypt\u2019s natural reserves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Environment Ministry is slapping fees on the use of Egypt\u2019s \u201cnatural reserves,\u201d including beaches, according to Egypt Today. 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