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- <text id=93CT1686>
- <title>
- Ethiopia--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Northern Africa
- Ethiopia
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Customs: A valid Ethiopian visa is required for entry as are
- current vaccinations for cholera and yellow fever. Strictly
- enforced regulations limit importing and exporting Ethiopian
- currency to not more than Ethiopian currency to not more than
- Ethiopian birr 100 ($50).
- </p>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Lightweight woolens and light wraps are
- appropriate year round. Umbrellas and lined raincoats are
- necessary June-September.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Medical facilities and some modern medicines are
- available in Addis Ababa and Asmara. Take reasonable precautions
- regarding food and drink. Tapwater is not potable. The altitude
- in Addis Ababa and Asmara can cause dizziness and adversely
- affects those with cardiopulmonary conditions or asthma. Health
- conditions in the countryside are poor.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Long-distance telephone and telegraph
- service is available to the large towns in Ethiopia, to the US,
- and to most European and many African countries. Addis Ababa is
- eight time zones ahead of eastern standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: The most direct air routes from the US to
- Addis Ababa are via Frankfurt, London, Nairobi, Rome, or Athens.
- International airlines link Addis Ababa to Europe, Africa,
- Middle East, and Asia. Ethiopian Airlines also serves the
- interior. Municipal bus transportation is likely to be crowded,
- but taxis are available from the National Tourist Office at
- reasonable rates.
- </p>
- <p> Travel precautions: The unsettled conditions in the
- countryside make it essential to check local security before
- making any trip outside the capital and to secure formal
- permission from the Ethiopian Government to leave the Shewa
- region. Resident foreigners can normally travel within Shewa
- Province without a special permit.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, July
- 1988.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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