Wednesday 18 March 2015

Egypt to end visas on arrival for all foreign tourists as of May 15 | Cairo Post

Egypt to end visas on arrival for all foreign tourists as of May 15Egypt to end visas on arrival for all foreign tourists as of May 15 | Cairo Post: CAIRO: Egypt’s Tourism Promotion Authority office in New York announced Friday Egypt would no longer offer visas upon arrival to any non-Egyptian wishing to travel to Egypt for tourism effective May 15, 2015.

“Individual tourists must obtain visas (from the Egyptian Diplomatic Mission) prior to their arrival to Egypt. No visas will be issued upon arrival to the country,” according to the statement.

3 comments:

Jane Akshar said...

Increasing security makes Egypt SAFER and I think you will find more countries will be also increasing their security. The UK has just brought in exit passport checks.

The more security a country has the safer it is to visit

mtelafici said...

Jane,

We visited Luxor flats in 2008 - not sure if you remember - btw, as far as you have heard, is it actually not taking effect until May 15 (I'm due in Cairo on Thursday for a short visit!)?

Michael Telafici

Jane Akshar said...

My article does mention 15th May as the start date, we will wait and see.

I remember you and your lovely wife, very unusual name helps