Egypt Digital Visa System Set to Transform Airport Experience
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A Khan
- . June 7, 2025
- . Update: June 7, 2025 9:14 pm
As Egypt is about to launch a digital visa system at Cairo International Airport, the country’s tourism is on the verge of a technology-driven change. This new system marks a fresh approach to offering visas, and should greatly improve the way people traveling from other nations enter one of the world’s oldest countries.
Revolutionary Technology Meets Ancient Heritage
Egypt’s new digital visa system will start in mid-June 2025 and completely change how tourists enter the country. Instead of using old paper forms that took a long time, visitors can now get their visas quickly using special machines and phone apps at the airport.
Tourism Minister Sherif Fathy announced this exciting project at a government meeting. He explained that this digital system is part of Egypt’s plan to modernize the country. The new system will end long waiting lines and slow processes that made travelers wait for hours at Egyptian airports.
Smart Kiosks and Mobile Integration Drive Change
The main features of the new process are terminals that handle many languages and QR codes, which use advanced technology. Now, using the kiosks, people can collect their visa and make online payments on arrival, and next, they get a digital confirmation.
The presence of the app gives tourists an option to get their visas either beforehand or soon after landing at the airport. Since introducing digital payments, applicants do not have to worry about exchanging cash anymore because the process is more secure nowadays.
Airports have carefully set up these systems to overcome challenges of busy travel periods that have reduced how happy travelers’ happiness.
Strategic Implementation Supports Tourism Goals
With digital visas, Egypt is implementing its long-term plan to welcome thirty million tourists each year by 2028. This goal is almost twice the nation’s pre-pandemic tourism, so the country has to build better infrastructure and offer more services.
Cairo International Airport was chosen first so that officials could check the system and gather comments from users before going further with the rollout. Implementing the approach helps detect and fix technical errors in small pilots, so disturbances do not occur on a large scale once the program runs everywhere in the country.
