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- <text id=93CT1584>
- <title>
- Algeria--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Northern Africa
- Algeria
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Customs: US citizens need a visa to enter Algeria. Travelers
- should clearly stipulate the intended date of entry and planned
- duration of stay on their visa applications.
- </p>
- <p> Visitors are permitted to bring in any amount of foreign
- exchange, provided it is declared at customs. A special
- currency form is provided at the frontier; complete and retain
- it after authentication by airport customs authorities. Foreign
- currency can be exchanged at all banks, seaports, and airports
- and in some hotels and vacation villages. Unused foreign
- currency is reexportable, provided it was properly declared upon
- entry and amounts were duly recorded by the exchange authorities
- on the currency form.
- </p>
- <p> Climate and clothing: The coastal areas have a mild climate,
- hot in summer and cool and rainy for several months in winter.
- Winter clothing is worn almost continuously from November until
- April, particularly at night, and rainwear is advisable. Rooms
- are not always warmly heated in winter.
- </p>
- <p> Health: No vaccinations are required for entry. Typhoid,
- tetanus, polio, and cholera inoculations are recommended.
- Tapwater is not potable; bottled water is available.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: The domestic airline serves Oran,
- Constantine, Annaba, and many of the Saharan cities, including
- Tamanrasset. There is railway passenger service between the
- major northern cities and bus service to many of the smaller
- cities and towns. Good paved roads, one of which links Morocco
- and Tunisia, cover the northern region and connect some oases.
- The Trans-Saharan Highway is surfaced from Ghardaia to
- Tamanrasset. Rental cars are available but expensive.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: There are international airmail,
- telegraph, telex, and telephone services to the US and Europe.
- Long-distance calls may be made from any post office, but it is
- not possible to reverse charges or to use a credit card.
- Algeria is five time zones ahead of eastern standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Obtain information on Saharan travel
- from the Algerian Tourist office (ONAT), 25-27 rue Khelifa
- Boukhalfa, Algiers; Algerian consulates; and the Amicale des
- Sahariens (Paris: 33, rue Paul Valery, 16e, tel. KLE 20-24;
- Algiers: 14, Avenue du ler Novembre, tel. 62-22-02).
- </p>
- <p> Algiers has a chronic shortage of hotel rooms, so make
- reservations in advance.
- </p>
- <p> National holidays: New Year's Day, January 1; Labor Day, May
- 1; Independence Day, July 5 (National Day); Anniversary of the
- Outbreak of the Revolution, November 1, Islamic holidays, which
- follow the lunar cycle and (and advance roughly 10 days
- annually): Id al-Fitr (end of Ramadan),May 28-29 (1987); Id
- al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), August 5-6 (1987); Islamic New
- Year (First of Muharram), August 25 (1987); Achoura (10th of
- Muharram), September 4 (1987); Mawlid an- Nabi (Prophet's
- Birthday), November 4 (1987).
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- November 1988.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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