Division of Tourism met to discuss the departure fee increase out 15 to $ 20

Thursday .. Meeting of the Division of Tourism to discuss the fee increase out 15 to $ 20

Amari Abdel Azim Amari Chief, of Tourism and Aviation Division at Cairo Chamber of Commerce,

Revealed  that the Division will hold an urgent meeting on Thursday to discuss the problems of airlines

especially the recent decision of the Ministry of Civil Aviation to increase Departure Fee from 15 to $ 20

for trips of Foreign Affairs and from 4 to 5 dollars of the Interior.

Amari said in his statement to" Alfagr Newspaper" that the meeting will be attended by a large number of

airline owners to discuss all the problems faced by this sector and put visions of the future for the

The chief of the division added that airlines are suffering from many problems the most important of

them is the decision to close the airport from 4 p.m until the evening, pointing out that the meeting will

address all the problems of companies then make recommendations to the concerned authorities.