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Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed promised to take decisions which would \u201cmitigate\u201d the impact of raising prices<\/a> of entry visas after acknowledging that the decision has drawn the ire of the sector. In an interview with Al Shorouk<\/a>, he said these decisions will be announced in the coming weeks, but offers no suggestion as to what form the measures could take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed promised to take decisions which would \u201cmitigate\u201d the impact of raising prices of entry visas after acknowledging that the decision has drawn the ire of the sector. 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