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- <text id=93CT1839>
- <title>
- St. Lucia--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Caribbean
- St. Lucia
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Entry requirements: US citizens visiting St. Lucia must show
- proof of citizenship, but a passport is not mandatory. Visitors
- should have an onward air or sea ticket.
- </p>
- <p> Currency: St. Lucia is a member of the Eastern Caribbean (EC)
- Currency Authority. Its common currency with its neighboring
- Windward and Leeward Islands is the EC dollar, pegged to the US
- dollar at EC$2.65=US$1. Barclays Bank and the Canadian Imperial
- Bank of Commerce have branch offices at Castries and around the
- island.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: St. Lucia is served by two airports. Vigie,
- near Castries, is the arrival point for inter-island scheduled
- aircraft and small day charter aircraft. Hewanorra Airport on
- the south coast near Vieux Fort has regularly scheduled jet
- flights from North America and Europe. It is served by British
- Airways, Pan American, Eastern Airlines, British West Indies
- Airways, Caribbean Airways and others.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Long-distance telephone, telegraph, and
- telex communications are available. St Lucia can be dialed
- directly from the US with the prefix 809-455 and the island's
- four-digit telephone numbers.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Besides its beautiful beaches and
- attractive yacht harbors, St. Lucia boasts a safe, inactive
- volcano that still emits hot vapors and gases in controlled,
- constant activity. The "drive-in" volcano and related sulfur
- springs are located in southern St. Lucia, near the town of
- Soufriere, and are framed by the dramatic twin Pitons, scenic
- ex-volcanic cones. Points of historic interest include Morne
- Fortune--site of a former fortress and Pigeon Island, Admiral
- Rodney's headquarters in the French Wars of the late 18th
- century, and later a US-leased base during World War II. St.
- Lucia is a regular port of call for cruise ships and has many
- excellent hotels.
- </p>
- <p> Local holidays: Independence Day, December 13; Boxing Day,
- December 26; New Year's Day, January 1; New Year's Holiday,
- January 2; Carnival, March 5-6; Good Friday, March 28*; Easter
- Monday, March 31*; Labor Day, May 5*; Whit Monday, May 19;
- Corpus Christi, May 29; the Queen's birthday, June 16;
- Emancipation Day, August 4; and Thanksgiving Day, October 6.*
- </p>
- <p>*Dates vary.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, June
- 1987.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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