Traveller Information

Entry Formalities

Passport And Visa
A valid Passport with Entry Visa is required of all visitors. A Tourist Visa allows a stay of 28 days, extendible for an additional 14 days. A Business Visa allows a stay of 28 days, extendible up to 12 months on a case-by-case basis. Visa on Arrival is granted on prior arrangement with the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.

Customs
Jewelleries, electrical goods and cameras must be declared at the airport. Antiques and archaeologically valuable items are not allowed to be taken out.
Duty free allowance: Two bottles of liquor; two cartons of cigarettes;100 cigars;
1.5lb of tobacco; one pint bottle of perfume or eau de cologne.

Currency
Myanmar currency is the Kyat, made up of 100 Pyas. Currency notes come in the following denominations: K 1000, K 500, K 200, K 100, K 50, K 20, K 15, K 10, K 5, K 1.Visitors are not allowed to bring in or take out Kyats.

Health 
No vaccination certificate is required unless coming from an infected area.

Foreign Exchange
Visitors may bring in any amount of foreign currency but it must be declared to the customs if it exceeds US $ 2000.
FECs, equivalent to US Dollars, are issued in $ 20, $ 10, $ 5 and $ 1 denominations. FECs can be purchased with US Dollars or Pounds Sterling. FECs are accepted by hotels, airlines, travel agencies, taxis, restaurants, and as payment of admission fees to museums, and pagodas.

Gazetted  Holidays

January 4 Independence Day
February 12 Union Day
March 2 Peasant’s Day
March 27 Armed Forces’ Day
April - Thingyan ( Water Festival )
April - Myanmar New Year
May 1 Workers' Day
July 19 Martyrs’ Day
July - Dhammasetkya Day ( Full Moon Day of Waso )
October - Abhidhamma Day 
( Full Moon Day of Thadingyut: Thadingyut Festival )
November - Tazaungdine Festival 
( Full Moon Day of Tazaungmone )
November - National Day
December 25 Christmas

( Islamic Religious Holidays and Deepawali are announced later )

Useful Information

Time
6:30 hours ahead of G.M.T ( UTC )
30 minutes behind Thailand
1:30 hours behind Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong

Electricity
230 Volts AC, 50 Hz
Dress
Light casual wear for all year round except when visiting northern parts during the cold season. Visitors should not wear hot pants or shorts when visiting Pagodas, Temples and Monasteries; sandals or slippers are convenient as it is required to remove all footwear at the entrance.

Business Hours 
Government Offices
09:30 - 16:30 hrs ( closed on Saturdays and Sundays )
Banks
09:30 - 15:00 hrs 
Private Companies
09:00 - 17:00 hrs ( closed on Sundays )
Post offices 
09:30 - 16:30 hrs ( closed on Saturdays and Sundays )

MEDIA 
Radio Myanmar                                                    MRTV-3
Programmes in English                             09:00 hrs - 10:00 hrs
08:30 hrs - 09:15 hrs                              15:30 hrs - 23:30 hrs
13:30 hrs - 15:00 hrs                              23:30 hrs - 07:30 hrs
21:00 hrs - 22:30 hrs

Myanmar Radio & Television ( MRTV )               Satellite TV
Programmes in English                     CNN, CNBC, STAR,TV5,CCTV,etc.                   

08:30 hrs - 09:00 hrs
14:30 hrs - 15:00 hrs( Saturdays & Sundays )

Myawady TV
07:00 hrs - 08:20 hrs
16:00 hrs - 22:30 hrs

Newspapers 
- Myanma Alin ( Myanmar )
- Kyemon ( Myanmar )
- Myodaw ( evening tabloid in Myanmar )
- Yadanabon ( Myanmar ) published in Mandalay 
- The New Light of Myanmar ( English )

Foreign Newspapers/Journals ( available at Inwa Publishing House )
- International Herald Tribune
-The Straits Times
-The Business Times
-Time
-News week

Magazines/Journals in English
-The Myanmar Times
-Myanma Perspective
-Myanmar Today
-Today
-Enchanting Myanmar
-The Business Tank
-Shwe Myanmar
-Myanmar Explorer

Mail
-Yangon Central Post Office 
39, Bo Aung Kyaw St.
- DHL 
Tel : 246559, 251751, 664423, 664434
- United Parcel Service ( UPS )
Tel : 667110
- DPE International
Tel : 249278
- Express Courier Services 
Tel : 280153,240802,246816
- Overseas Courier Service
Tel : 282706 , (09) 22409, (09) 23625

Telephone 
IDD telephones are available at most hotels and offices, post offices and shopping centres. Overseas calls can be made through operators where there are no IDD Phones.
Public telephones are installed at the Airports, Railway Stations and street corners. Mobile phones can be enquired for hire at Myanmar Travels and Tours Counter, at Yangon International Airport.

Telex and Facsimile ( Fax )
Central Telegraph Office 
125, Pansodan Street, Yangon
( Most hotels, shopping centres and offices have telex and fax services, E-mail, Intranet and internet.)