- Taba Border Crossing
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bridge_name= Taba Border Crossing
caption=The Egyptian border terminal
official_name= Taba Border Crossing מעבר טאבה معبر طابا
carries=Pedestrians, Vehicles, Containers
crosses=Border betweenEgypt andIsrael
locale=flagicon|EGY Taba,Egypt flagicon|ISREilat ,Israel
maint=flagicon|EGY Arab Republic of Egypt flagicon|ISRIsrael Airports Authority
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length=200 metres (Israeli side)
width=45 metres (Israeli side)
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traffic=2,147 pedestrians in 2005 74 vehicles in 2005
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open=26 April ,1982
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toll=LE £63.00 (InboundEgypt ) US $25.00 (OutboundIsrael )
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long=The Taba Border Crossing ( _ar. معبر طابا, _he. מעבר טאבה) is an international border crossing between Taba,Egypt , andEilat ,Israel . Opened onApril 26 ,1982 it is currently the only entry/exit point between the two countries that handles tourists. The site is at the bottom ofMount Tallul and was close toRaffi Nelson 's Nelson Village and the Sonesta Hotel which both closed due to the handing over of the Sinai to Egyptian control in exchange for normalization of relations. Under terms of the deal, Israelis would be able to visit the Red Sea coast from Taba toSharm el-Sheikh (and St. Catherine's Monastery) visa free for visits up to fourteen days. In 1999, the terminal handled a record amount of 1,038,828 tourists and 89,422 vehicles.The terminal is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year except for the holidays of
Eid ul-Adha andYom Kippur .Israeli terminal
The Israeli border terminal was opened in September of 1995 at a cost of US $3 million.
ervices within the terminal
* Drive in stations for those traveling by car
* "Change Place" stand offering a money exchange
* "James Richardson" Duty Free shop
* CafeteriaTransportation to and from the terminal
The Israeli border terminal can be reached from within Israel via Egged bus number 15 from
Eilat 's central bus station. Privately owned Israeli cars and rental cars may cross through the terminal. But rental cars from Israel may only stay in the confines of the Egyptian border terminal (this includes the parking lots of theHilton Taba andMövenpick Taba Resort ) while privately owned Israeli cars may travel within the Sinai after a change of license plates, registration and the payment of a tax.ee also
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Eilat
*Eilot (kibbutz)
*Eilat Airport
*Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company
*Ezion-Geber
*Operation Ovda
*Ovda International Airport
*Port of Eilat
*Yotvata Airfield Photographs
References
* [http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1064.html US Consular Information Sheet - Israel, the West Bank and Gaza]
Links
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* [http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Borders/Taba Taba Border Terminal info]
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