As seen on one of the liveaboard websites.
Anybody heard about a new Value Added Tax for Red Sea Liveaboards?
- Thread starter divezonescuba
- Start date
Please register or login
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
- Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
- A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
- You can make this box go away
Sunn
Contributor
Do you have a link, or text, something ?
scubajasonr
Contributor
I have two Red Sea liveaboards booked for 2022 and haven’t heard of any additional tax being charged. Both trips have the normal marine park charge of around 150 Euros to pay on arrival.
A couple of years ago there was talk of an additional tax on dive boat passengers, both day boat and liveaboard divers, being imposed. The dive industry went on strike for a few days and that was the last I heard of it.
A couple of years ago there was talk of an additional tax on dive boat passengers, both day boat and liveaboard divers, being imposed. The dive industry went on strike for a few days and that was the last I heard of it.
From the Red Sea Aggressor "Know Before You Go" page:
Local Fees/Taxes
There is a USD $50 Port Fee per person and a USD $100 Marine Park fee per person to visit Ras Mohamed and Straights of Tiran. These fees are paid onboard the yacht and may be paid by Visa, Mastercard, or cash. The yacht doesn't not accept travelers checks due to the banks not accepting them. There is a 14% Value Added Tax (VAT) required by the Egyptian Federal Law for all onboard billings for any retail or service added to your bill that includes port fees, marine park fees, dive courses, clothing sales and nitrox.Similar threads
