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- <text id=93CT1608>
- <title>
- Belize--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Middle America
- Belize
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Customs and Immigration: Passports are require of US citizens
- wishing to enter Belize. Travelers arriving by car may be
- required to post a customs bond equivalent to the import duty
- value of the car, but this requirement can be waived upon proof
- of visitor status. Travelers must demonstrate that they have
- sufficient funds for a visit ($30 per person per day) and
- onward travel. The government enforces a strict policy of
- refusing admittance to those whom an immigration officer
- suspects of drug use.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Medicines and care or ordinary needs are available in
- Belize City and the larger district towns. Tapwater is sometimes
- contaminated. Food served in local restaurants is generally
- safe.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Local and international telephone,
- telegraph, and telefax service is available in Belize. Belize
- time is the same as US Central Standard or Mountain Daylight
- time.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Belize is served by one US and two Central
- American airlines with connections to Central America and the
- United States (New Orleans, Miami and Houston). Buses, taxis,
- light aircraft, and boats provide internal transportation.
- Buses and taxis are available in Belize City, and shopping areas
- are close to hotels.
- </p>
- <p> Local holidays: Businesses and shops may be closed on the
- following holidays:
- </p>
- <p>New Year's Day, Jan. 1, Baron Bliss Day, Mar. 9; Good Friday,
- date varies; Holy Saturday, date varies; Easter Monday, date varies;
- Labor Day, May 1; Commonwealth Day, May 24; National Day, Sept. 10;
- lndependence Day, Sept. 21; Pan American Day, Oct. 13; Garifuna Day,
- Nov. 19; Christmas Day, Dec. 25; Boxing Day, Dec. 26.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, May
- 1990.
- </p>
-
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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