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Local tourism operators are apparently planning on pushing for protections from competition from foreign operators after the government abandoned plans to set minimum prices on hotels. A number of them complained at a meeting with the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) last week that foreign companies receive benefits which they do not, going so far as to suggest that they are not charged a VAT on their sales, according to Al Borsa<\/a>. They also complain that foreign operators have been undercutting them on prices. Local businesses plan to send a memo to the ECA urging it to step in. Earlier this month<\/a>, outgoing ECA boss Mona El Garf said that the ECA will meet with Tourism Ministry officials to discuss antitrust strategies and policies which will implemented sector-wide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local tourism operators are apparently planning on pushing for protections from competition from foreign operators after the government abandoned plans to set minimum prices on hotels. 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