In Egypt, inventive authorities continue to find ways to replenish the budget at the expense of the country's guests.
Long vacations and holidays spent on the Sinai Peninsula will become more expensive. As is known, until recently the Sinai only stamp provided the opportunity to stay in Sinai for free, if the duration of stay was no more than 15 days. In case of prolongation, it was necessary to pay an additional fee for a visa and that was the end of the tourist's expenses. But according to the upcoming innovation, in this situation an additional expense item will appear.
First of all, the validity period of the free visa will be reduced. However, the reduction is not significant - only by 1 day. Therefore, after 2 weeks from the moment of arrival on the Sinai Peninsula, it is necessary to pay an additional fee for the visa document. The price of the issue is 25 dollars. Now comes the most interesting moment. In addition to the mentioned additional payment, the traveler will have to pay ... a fine. It seems that long-term tourists will be equated with offenders, despite the fact that there will be no crooked actions on the part of the guests of the country. The fine will be about 62 dollars, but this figure is called purely for orientation. The fact is that this "fee" must be paid exclusively in Egyptian currency. In this case, you will need to fork out 1 Egyptian pounds.
The news about the innovation is now being distributed by tour operators. The reason for such costly for a tourist The changes are called the fight against illegal immigrants who enter the country through the peninsula. However, the authorities are still silent, and given the latest news from the country's leadership, it is possible that this innovation is one of the components of the plan to enrich the treasury at the expense of travelers.
