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Philippines The Pearl Of The Orient
he Republic of the can enter the Philippines without
Philippines has two a visa and can stay for 21 days
international gateway provided they have tickets for
cities – Manila and Cebu. Manila onward journey to other
is served by the Ninoy Aquino international destinations with
International Airport, which the exception of stateless
handles more than 30 foreign persons and those from countries
airlines flying to different with no diplomatic relations with
destinations in the world whereas the Philippines. Hong Kong and
Cebu, the Queen City of the Taiwan passports holders require
South, handles regular flights have special permits, which they
from Japan, Australia, Singapore can obtain from Philippine
and Guam including charter embassies and consulates.
flights to Hong Kong, the United
States and other major travel CLIMATE
destinations at the Mactan There are only two seasons in the
International Airport. Philippines, wet and dry. The dry
season generally begins from
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the March up to May, with
country's flag carrier linking temperatures from 22-32 degrees
Manila to 26 cities in 19 Centigrade. The rainy season
countries; it also flies to (wet) begins from June and lasts
principal cities and towns all up to October. From the months of
over the archipelago. The November to February, the country
country’s airports and seaports generally has cool temperatures
serve major international ranging from 22-28 degrees
carriers and cruise liners. Centigrade. The Philippines
average humidity throughout the
ENTRY REGULATIONS year is 77%.
All visitors with valid passports
LANGUAGE Philippines by road, crossing the
The Philippines’ national inter-island connections via the
language is Filipino, however, recently established Roll-On –
English is also an official Roll-Off system.
language and widely spoken and is
extensively used in business and Jeepneys and buses are
government. Major dialects are inexpensive ways of getting
Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, around most places anywhere in
Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, the country. For a faster
Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan commute, there is the elevated
Light Rail Transit and Metro Rail
CURRENCY Transit I and II systems.
Unit of currency is the
Philippine Peso (PhP) and the COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
current exchange rate to the US International Direct Dial Country
Dollar is $1 = Php 52.20. Code = 63.
Fixed Lines = 3,437,500
DOMESTIC TRANSPORT Mobile Cellular = 32,935,900
Philippine Airlines, Cebu
Pacific, Air Philippines, Pacific International direct dialing,
Airways and Asian Spirit provide telex, facsimile, worldwide
daily services to and from most express delivery, postal service
local destinations in the and telegraph service services
Philippines. are available in most areas all
over the country.
Inter-island ships connect Manila
to major ports and there are Cellular providers in the
ferry services, which connect the Philippines are on the GSM
Philippines’ smaller islands. You 900/1800 band and are served by
can even travel the length of the Smart (Talk n Text, Addict
Mobile, Infinity) Digitel and multi-use Pwede Card which can be
Globe (Globe Platinum, Globe used for fixed line calling and
Handyphone, Touch Mobile, Smart loading prepaid value in their
and Globe telecommunications have cellular phones. The card is also
3GSM service while Digitel is reloadable in value at any PLDT
soon to follow. or Smart business center and
accredited agents.###
They each have their own type of
calling cards and phone cards Several prepaid calling card and
available in the market ranging phone card companies are
in value from Php100 to PhP1,000. available to call both to and
PLDT recently launched their from PHILIPPINES.
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Josiah William works in marketing for Cheap Phone
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