I didn't get much of a sense that anybody was being deterred by visa requirements. Pissed off, maybe, but let's say you're a business with a potentially lucrative and growing market in a foreign country? Are you going to suspend plans or operations because it's annoying and expensive to get a visa? Like hell. Same goes for tourists. If you have your heart set on seeing the Pyramids but get frustrated at the Egyptian visa process, are you really willing to settle for, say, Lebanon?