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Egypt Raises Visa-Linked Levy 25% to $15 From 2027

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
Egypt will raise a statutory levy applied to entry and transit visas and overseas consular services to $15 from...

Egypt High-Speed Rail Moves Into Commissioning With October Tests

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
Passenger-free trials on part of Egypt’s 660-km Sokhna–Matrouh line are due to start in early October, shifting attention from...

Saqqara Tomb Reveals Official at Heart of Egypt’s Pyramid-Age State

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the Old Kingdom tomb of a senior royal official at Saqqara, offering a potentially important...

From Resort to City: Can Egypt Build Year-Round Tourism Economies?

Egypt Reham Walid -
Egypt has learned how to sell the summer. Its next challenge is creating a North Coast economy that still...

Syria’s Tourism Rebound Is Outpacing Its Infrastructure

Levant & Israel Reham Walid -
Foreign arrivals are surging and Gulf investors are returning, but damaged utilities and limited capacity could constrain Syria’s attempt...

Beyond Hotel Rooms: MENA’s Tourism Race Shifts to Visitor Value

Middle East Reham Walid -
MENA’s next tourism race will be fought less over visitor numbers than over how long travellers stay, how widely...

Egypt’s North Coast Gold Rush: Tourism Booms as Al-Jafira Joins the Investment Map

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
A prospective EGP135bn Emirati development at Al-Jafira follows Ras El-Hekma and Qatar’s Alam Al-Roum, as rising tourism, premium rents...

Can Egypt Become the Middle East’s Next Medical Tourism Hub?

Egypt Reham Walid -
Healthcare investment, digital transformation and tourism integration are positioning Egypt to compete for a larger share of the Middle...

Egypt Launches Saqqara Infrastructure Upgrade to Expand Cultural Tourism

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
Egypt has launched a comprehensive infrastructure project to improve access and visitor facilities at the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Saqqara Necropolis,...
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