CBE maintains maximum local currency funds for travelers at LE 5,000

CAIRO - 1 October 2020: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decided Wednesday to maintain the maximum of the local currency amounts could be held by travelers at five thousand Egyptian pounds. 

Travelers, from or into Egypt, could carry up to five thousand Egyptian pounds, and up to ten thousand US dollars, CBE said in a statement. 


The CBE decision was published in the Gazette out Wednesday. The decision will be applicable as of Thursday.