Egypt plans to cancel visa fees

Egypt is ready to resume accepting tourists from July 1, and intends to cancel the visa fee by the end of October, Report says, citing The Sun.

"In terms of the decisions we've taken in the last couple of days: we decided on exempting foreign tourists from tourist visas until October 31. Thus, no citizen from an Arab or foreign country would pay for a tourist visa, in the touristic governorates, until October 31."

The news was delivered by Khaled El Enani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, who stated that the Ministry of Interior issued a new decision to remove the fees for all citizens visiting Egypt in only the three governorates mentioned above last week. It will allow each guest to save us $ 25. More than 260 hotels have received a certificate of hygienic safety, which confirms compliance with antiviral measures.

"We re-started touristic activities at the beginning of May. Then we decided to resume at 50 percent capacity from June 1. We are hoping that, on July 1, we resume tourism activities in three governorates."

The new measures reflect the government's relaxing attitude towards gradual reopening and a 'co-existence with the virus' despite COVID-19 cases surpassing 50,000 with a death toll of 2,106, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.