08 Jul 2021

The Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities announced that Egypt has expanded its electronic tourist visa program to encourage more touristic activity. The number of nationalities allowed to purchase an electronic tourist visa has been raised to 74, up from 46. The online system is available in 8 languages, and also enables tourists to pay for their visa online, with the issuance of the visa taking a maximum of 7 days. The tourist visa costs USD25 for a single visit or USD60 for multiple visits. (Source: Egypt Electronic Visa Portal (English), Daily News Egypt (English), Egypt Today (English), Egypt Independent (English), Mubasher, al-Ahram, al-Youm al-Saabe, Akhbar al-Youm, al-Masry al-Youm, Sada el-Balad, RT, al-Arabiya)