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- Travel
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- Climate and clothing: Bring warm weather clothing. A light
- wrap is useful in July and August.
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- Customs: U.S. citizens do not need a visa to enter the
- country for stays of under 3 months. If remaining in Togo for
- more than 10 days, an exit visa is required. Innoculation
- against yellow fever is required unless the traveler is
- arriving from a noninfected area and is staying in Togo less
- than 2 weeks. Malaria is a risk. As health requirements change,
- please check latest information.
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- Currency: The CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine -- African
- Financial Community) franc is legal tender, and no ceiling is
- imposed on the number of CFA francs which may be brought into
- the country. The CFA franc is freely convertible into French
- francs. However, for conversion into U.S. dollars, obtain
- permission from the government agency handling foreign exchange.
- Dollars and travelers checks can be exchanged in Lome.
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- Health: Avoid tap water and unwashed fruits and vegetables.
- Local medical services are limited.
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- Telecommunications: Telecommunications improved dramatically
- when a new satellite ground station came into service in 1981.
- It is possible to directly dial many countries (including the
- United States) from Togo, and telecommunications services
- continue to be upgraded.
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- Transportation: Air travel is the best way to get to Lome,
- which has daily international flights to and from Europe and
- major West African cities. Uncertain road conditions or frontier
- difficulties can complicate automobile travel to Benin other
- than via the direct road from Lome to Cotonou. Accra is an easy
- 3-hour drive from Lome, but the border has been closed
- occasionally. Lagos is about 5 hours by road, depending on
- border crossing formalities. Taxis are available in Lome and
- other urban areas.
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- Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- February 1990.
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