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- <text id=93CT1661>
- <title>
- Cyprus--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Southwest Asia
- Cyprus
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Climate and Clothing: Climate is comparable to southern
- Atlantic states. Clothing and shoe requirements are similar to
- those in Washington, DC. Rain falls almost exclusively between
- December and March. Summer temperatures often exceed 38 degrees C
- (100 degrees F), but humidity is usually low.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Cyprus presents no unusual health problems. Community
- and public sanitation standards, though lower than in the US,
- are much higher than in Middle Eastern countries and comparable
- to most southern European countries.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Although no direct telephone connections
- exist between north and south Cyprus, telephone service
- otherwise is good throughout the island. Cyprus has extensive
- telephone and telegraph communications with all parts of the
- world, and telephone calls to Europe and the US are usually
- clear and uninterrupted. Nicosia is seven time zones ahead of
- eastern standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: The internationally recognized Government of
- Cyprus has designated Larnaca International and Paphos
- International Airports, and the ports of Limassol, Larnaca, and
- Paphos as the only legal ports of entry and exit on the island.
- Ships carrying cargo and passengers call regularly at Larnaca
- and Limassol, the principal southern ports. Ercan and Gechitkale
- Airports in the Turkish Cypriot area are served by Turkish
- Airlines but are not recognized by the International Civil
- Aviation Organization.
- </p>
- <p> Persons wishing to travel between the north and south of
- Cyprus should be advised that travel between the two areas can
- be difficult. Policy and procedures regarding short visits to
- the northern part of the island change often. The American
- Embassy in Nicosia is able to advise travelers of current
- requirements.
- </p>
- <p> Visitors arriving in the area controlled by the Turkish
- Cypriot Administration in the north are not permitted to visit
- the Republic of Cyprus in the south. Visitors arriving in the
- south from abroad can often obtain permission from the
- Government of Cyprus and from Turkish Cypriot officials to
- visit the north, but travelers with luggage and those suspected
- of intending to depart Cyprus from the north probably will be
- prohibited from crossing by the Government of Cyprus.
- </p>
- <p> Buses and taxis are the only forms of local public
- transportation. In Nicosia, good taxi service is always
- available at moderate prices.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Historical and archeological sites from
- the neolithic, Hellenic, Macedonian, Roman, Crusader, and
- Ottoman periods are abundant.
- </p>
- <p> National holidays: Offices and shops may be closed on the
- following holidays:
- </p>
- <p>New Year's Day, January 1; Epiphany, January 6; Green Monday,
- March 1; Greek Independence Day, March 25; Good Friday, varies;
- Holy Saturday, varies; Greek Easter, varies; Easter Monday, varies;
- Labor Day, May 1; Makarios Memorial Day, August 3; Cyprus Independence
- Day, October 1; Ohi Day, October 28; Christmas Eve, December 24;
- Christmas Day, December 25; Boxing Day, December 26.
- </p>
- <p> In addition to the mutual New Year's Day holiday, the Turkish
- Cypriot community in northern Cyprus also celebrates the
- following holidays:
- </p>
- <p>Birthday of the Prophet, varies; Opening of the Turkish Grand
- National Assembly, April 23; Turkish Youth Day, May 19; Ramazan Bairam,
- varies; Turkish Victory Day, August 30; Kurban Bairam, varies; Turkish
- Republic Day, October 29; Founding of the "TRNC", November 15.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- April 1988.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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