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- <text id=93CT1626>
- <title>
- Burkina Faso--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Northern Africa
- Burkina Faso
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Customs: Visas and yellow fever innoculations are required
- for entry.
- </p>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Except for the rainy season
- (June-October), the climate is similar to Arizona's. Summer
- clothing is suitable for Ouagadougou; a light wrap is
- recommended during the cool season (November-February).
- </p>
- <p> Health: Local medical services are limited. Unwashed fruits
- and vegetables and undercooked meats are unsafe to eat. Tap
- water is not potable; bottled mineral water is available at
- hotels and restaurants. Malaria suppressants should be started 2
- weeks before arrival and continued 8 weeks after departure.
- Burkina has chloroquine-resistant malaria. Typhoid and gamma
- globulin (hepatitis) innoculations are recommended for travel in
- rural areas. Do not swim in lakes or streams, which may be
- infested with bilharzia. Health requirements change; check
- latest information.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Ouagadougou's international airport is
- served by several weekly flights from Paris, Abdijan, Niamey,
- Bamako, Dakar, Algiers, Moscow, and Tripoli. Air Burkina
- operates all year between the capital and other large towns in
- Burkina Faso, as well as to Niamey, Bamako, Lome, Cotonou, and
- Abidjan. Ouagadougou is linked by paved roads to Lome, Abidjan,
- Niamey and Bamako, and by rail to Abidjan. The uncertainty of
- road conditions complicates transportation elsewhere. Taxis are
- available in large towns.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Long-distance telephone service is via
- satellite. Cable, telex and FAX services are available. Cable
- and telex are more reliable. Ouagadougou is five standard time
- zones ahead of eastern standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Although by international standards
- tourist facilities seem limited, Burkina Faso does present
- tourist opportunities for the adventurous traveler. Worthwhile
- visits include the National Museum and artisan centers in
- Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, the Nazinga, Arly and Park W
- game preserves, and interesting market towns such as Gorom. For
- details, write the Office National Du Tourisme du Burkina Faso,
- 01 B.P. 624, Ouagadougou.
- </p>
- <p> Every other February Burkina hosts a widely attended
- International African Film Festival, FESPACO.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, June
- 1990.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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