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| Egypt's Decision To Issue a 5-Year Tourist Visa |
Ahmed Shameel News | 28 March 2023
Cairo: Egypt has decided to issue a 5-year tourist visa for $700. According to the foreign news agency, Egypt is issuing a multi-year tourist visa for the first time, this 5-year multiple visa can be obtained for 700 dollars, while citizens of more than 180 countries can get a 30-day single-entry visa for 25.
will be able to get Egypt's Minister of Tourism Ahmed Issa said that China and India have been added to the visa-on-arrival list and these steps have been taken to promote tourism. He said that tourism is an important source of foreign exchange and jobs in Egypt's economy. Last year, 1.17 million tourists visited Egypt and now the Egyptian government wants to increase this number by 25 to 30 percent annually to 30 million by 2028. Ahmed Issa said that the arrival of tourists in January and February this year increased by 30 percent compared to last year, while Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism Hu Heping will visit Cairo from April 1 to 4. He said that he will discuss with the Chinese minister for the promotion of tourism. In 2019, 220,000 Chinese tourists visited Egypt.
