Your logic in not logic at all, I am not discussing benefits and losses of a decision.. I am just discussing equality which you are weighing by the amount of money spent
There
is a big difference between wanting to visit a country to
make money or to
spend it there!
If a country decides that tourism should play a huge part in the national income, then it is shere stupidity to raise the hurdles to enter. This has nothing to do with equality, it´s a question of common sense. Your example of Spain and other was besides the point because they have almost no hurdles for countries that send millions of tourists, but higher ones for those that want to work there. If Egypt wanted now to raise the hurdles not only for jobseekers, but also for tourists, the first is their absolute right (eqaulity!) and logical, the second is BS...
.... I am sorry, why were all foreign instructors unhappy when Egypt asked to legalize their situation and not work with a tourist visa ???? ain't this the same situation you are saying that 90% of Egyptian visa applicants want to do?
No, it´s not the same, because we are talking about a couple of hundred foreign (diving) jobseekers vs. a couple of million tourists spending billions coming to Egypt, whereas in Europe we have a couple of thousand jobseekers from Egypt every year vs. almost no money spending tourists.
I was never complaining about legalizing the work situation - I was complaining about the way it is done! In the case of diving centers, where language skills are one of the most important qualification, there should be a system in place that recognizes that. You can not treat all areas of the economy the same, because they are not! Forcing a divecenter to employ 10 egyptians for one foreigner is simply unrealistic.
No center that needs only two foreigners with certain language skills needs 20 egyptians to work there. It´s just not doable! These divecenters have no way out of this situation, for them there is no solution. They now can never legally employ foreigners at all. The government must give small centers a chance to survive and not kill them off after they have invested a lot of money in this country. That´s just not fair!
So the latest news on the thread say that this is all a hoax although I heard it on the news on national TV, but anyway whether true or false and whether I personally support or not or even see some bright side and a dark side... I think any decision taken by my government should be respected and those who want to come are more than welcomed as long as they know the rules they have to follow same like heading to anywhere else in the world....
I read in another forum that also on TV this plan/idea was declared untrue. There are conflicting stories out right now.
And, yes, decisions should be respected, but that does not mean they can´t be criticized, nor does it mean they are right!
And the government must make an important decision: Does Egypt want to still be a heavy player in the tourism industry, or not? If so, they must guarantee the legal infrastructure to play with the other big guns in the world. They must recognize the needs if this industry accordingly!
Laws should make sense and not just be a political powertool to further ideological motives. Laws should reflect and deal with the situation as it is, and not ignore realities. Laws should benefit the people and not jeopardize their daily lives. Laws should protect the majority of the people, secure their existence, further their developement and not secure, protect and further the interests of a few on top with their own agenda!
