Arab tourism committee recommends customs, tax facilitation

The Arab tourism committee Tuesday recommended Arab states to cancel departure fees among them, re-consider tourism taxes and facilitate customs procedures of touristic groups for the sake of encouraging inter-arab tourism.

The executive committee of the arab tourism council called, upon the conclusion of its second round, on arab countries to facilitate the Palestinians entry visas to their countries and recognize passports delivered by the Palestinian National Authority.

It also decided to set up a sub-committee to study the cancellation of visas among arab countries, urging them to sign bilateral agreements for issuing a unified visa.

The committee called on arab countries to submit regulations and laws that govern investments in tourism to its technical secretariat, especially the lists to which arab capital can be contributed.

Regarding the electronic visa, the committee called on introducing this system into the arab countries once its success is proven.

The committee agreed to prepare a unified arab guide for tourism investment projects in the arab countries to enable the investors be acquainted with investment regulations and laws.