General information
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General information |
GENERAL
INFORMATION
State :
The Republic of Yemen
Language : Arabic
Religion :
Islam
Area :
532,000 sq. km with altitudes of up to 3700m
Population
: 22 Million
Capital : Sana’a, population: 900,000, altitude 2,300m
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ACCESS:
From
Europe:
Yemenia – has
regular flights from London, Frankfurt, Rome and Paris
Lufthansa – three times a week from Frankfurt
via Cairo
From the Middle
East
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Yemenia - 30 flights from 11 destinations a week. Emirates – 5 times a week Gulf Air – 2 times a week Royal Jordanian – 3 times a week Egypt Air – 2 a week
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Syrian Airlines
- 2 times a week
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DOCUMENTATION :
Visa:
Most nationalities can obtain from airport at arrived.
Please contact the embassy of Yemen at your country or contact to make sure there are no problems obtaining entry visa.
Customs:
Entry is allowed for 2 liters of alcohol (for non
Muslims), 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, 250 grams of pipe tobacco,
women are allowed to bring reasonable quantities of cosmetics and
jewels. No restrictions on stills cameras. Video
cameras should be declared, details may be entered into your
passport to ensure leaving the country with you when you
leave. No restrictions on amount of foreign currency
and traveler cheques brought into the country.
OTHER INFORMATION:
Money:
Currency : Riyal (YR.) is the country’s
currency
Bank Notes : 10, 20,
50, 100, 200, 500 & 1000, all with Arabic script in the front
and English on the reverse
Coins :
5 and 10 Rails
Exchange rate
: $1~ 188 Riyal
Credit Cards
:
-American
Express (representative) Marib Travel and Tourism, Amex card /
Visa / MasterCard are acceptable in most hotels.
Traveler Cheques: can be exchanged in
most banks at bank rates. It is advisable not to relay on traveler
cheques exclusively.
Cash : It
is recommended that you use cash instead of travelers cheques.
Cash is easier to handle and relatively safe to carry around and
quick to exchange. Some shopping stores require cash.
Communication:
GSM & CDMA cellular phones will work in yemen
under the roaming system.