2x Israel exit fee if I leave israel for the second time by land?

Hi!

I am planning to fly to Israel in November from Europe, and I am considering to visit Petra in Jordan and Egypt too.

If I reenter Israel from Jordan, and then go to egypt, do I have to pay the exit fee for the second time? Since I am EU-citizen, I don't need a visa for israel, but can I enter israel again within few days when I come back from Jordan and heading Egypt from Eilat?

Thank you!

Robin

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Yes and yes.

You can leave Israel for Jordan return and then leave again for Egypt at any time. You will have to pay the exit fee each time you leave though.

If you are heading anywhere in Egypt beyond the Siani Penninsula you'll need to secure your all Egypt visa in advance.

Good luck.

You will have to pay each time. The exit fee is a big cash machine for Isaeli authorities, there's no way they will renounce it.

Every country has ways of charging foreign tourist including hefty visa fees. So in Israel they don't get you coming , but they get you going. Then you have countries that get you coming and going, visa fees to enter and exit fees to leave.There is no way those countrries will "recounce" a revenue stream from tourists. it si your choice to visit Israel. if you do , you have to accept the conditions of that visit. Sorry if you somehow think it is another injustice commited by the Zionist regime

Let's see here; Egypt charges most nationalities for an all Egypt visa, charges an entry fee and an exit fee, Jordan also charges most nationalities for a visa and charges an exit fee, Syria has a hefty visa fee (if one can even get a visa) and an exit fee. I definitely see a pattern here.

Shame on that big, bad Israeli government for charging an exit fee.

Israeli fees are very high, it's nothing new.

Catw: your BS rating is very high and that's nothing new either

Mbgg, this is a travel forum where people can get advice, not the website of the Ministry of Tourism's PR office.

Then why catw did you offer the second sentence in your post 2? That wasn't advice. It was a naive, biased statement critical of the Israeli government for doing something that every country in the region does (and most of the world does, including your own). The highest entry / exit related fee in the region is what the Syrians used to charge westerners for a visa (they don't issue them anymore). The Israeli exit fee is small by comparison.

catw
I paid $135 to enter Bolivia and $25 to depart
I will be paying $70 to enter India $10 to depart.

Sometimes you do not have to pay the departure tx, because it is already included in your flight ticket

As far as I know these countries mentioned have not "denounced a stream of revenue

There are many other creative ways most counties or cities tax tourists-hotel occupancy tax, airport taxes, car rental taxes. I am sure these taxes are well on [place al over Europe as well

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18720587

Catw, you chose to politicize this thread and you are receiving responses in kind

Israeli exit fees are hefty for the region. Go and cross the border at Eilat/Taba and compare what you have to pay to Egyptian authorities and Israeli authorities.

Catw: why don't you post real numbers on this forum instead of making general statements that are probably incorrect and misleading.

Also tell us how much salary Israel pays the person who stamps your passport and how much Egypt pays its employee doing the same job.

catw, Israel is 1st world country with 1st world salaries, You cannot say that about Egypt, Why do yo limit yourself to the region and not compare Israel to other countries outside of the region.

Sadly salaries in Israel cannot compare with salaries in the West. That was the reason for the social protests last year.

Um.. the social protest focused on the high cost of real estate and previously subsidiezed food items such as cottage cheese.

I am sure salaries are a bit better than Spain where unemployment is hovering around 20%.

But since you are comparing exit fees fomr Israel to exit fees from nirghboring countries, why don't you also compare their standards of living?

I alway find it entertaining to read about a tourist comlaining about an exit fee after paying for a plane ticket loaded down with taxes and fees. I bought an $1.100 flight ticket on Qatar Airways. Of the $1,100, $400 accounted for taxes and fees. I have no idea why the Qatari government has not "renounced" it

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