A passport and onward/return ticket as required. For entry by Manila International Airport, a visa is not required for a transit/tourist stay up to 21 days. Visas are required for longer stays; the maximum is 59 days. You'll need to fill out an application and provide one photo, at no charge. Company letter needed for business visa. AIDS test required for permanent residency; a U.S. test is accepted. For more information contact the following:
Embassy of the Philippines
1600 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel.: (202) 467-9300
http://www.dfa.gov.ph/d-cntnts/dfa-lnks.htm
Or nearest consulate general at:
Hawaii, Tel.: (808) 595-6316
New York, Tel.: (212) 764-1330
Illinois, Tel.: (312) 332-6458
Texas, Tel.: (713) 621-8609
California, Tel.: (213) 387-5321 and (415) 433-6666
Washington, Tel.: (206) 441-1640
Arrival into the Philippines from abroad is primarily through Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport, a modern facility with 14 jetways. Located in nearby Pasay City, the airport is less than 30 minutes away by car to any major hotel and services an average of 170 international flights weekly. Manila is just over an hour by air from Hong Kong, 3 hours from Singapore, 5 from Tokyo, 17 hours from San Francisco and 22 hours from New York.
Several Southeast Asian regional carriers have direct flights into Zamboanga, Mindanao, and proposed international airports are due for Cebu City and Zamboanga.
PTICs are located at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Tel.: 828-4791/828-1511), Nayong Pilipino Complex, Airport Road (Tel.: 828-2219) and on the ground floor, Philippine Ministry of Tourism (Ermita) building near Rizal Park in Metro Manila (Tel.: 501-703, 501-928). Field offices are situated in Pampanga, Baguio, Legazpi, La Union, Bacolod, Cebu, Iloilo, Tacloban, Cagayan de Oro City Davao, Marawi and Zamboanga. The Department of Tourism hotline is Tel.: 501-660/728.
In North America, the Philippine Tourist Office has the following locations:
Philippine Center
556 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
Tel.: (212) 575-7915
Suite 1212, 3460 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel.: (213) 487-4525
Suite 1111, 30 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60602
Tel.: (312) 782-1707
The Philippines might be the world's second most popular sex tourist destination after Thailand. Although the U.S. squids have packed up and shipped out, horny foreigners keep the hookers gainfully employed in places like Angeles, Sabang and Subic City. If this is your thing, get hold of Asia File and subscribe to their newsletter, which handles the particulars of these places pretty thoroughly:
Asia File
P.O. Box 278537
Sacramento, CA 95827-8537
Fax: (916) 361-2364
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