Cuba throughout the year for travel. The annual average temperature of 25 degrees, the minimum temperature is not lower than 18 degrees in winter. Summer is the rainy season, 7-10 month more rainfall, mostly afternoon thunderstorms. 6-11 month into a tropical storm and hurricane season. In recent years, in the rainy season have different levels of hurricane, some edge pass by Cuba, less harmful, some also had landed in Cuba, bring a dangerous situation, resulting in water, electricity and gas, building damage, even causing casualties. The Cuban government and accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with hurricane aspects. Pro each hurricane, will make prevention and early warning in advance, the timely transfer of the relevant area residents. But for the sake of safety, the citizen should be chosen carefully to the ancient period in the storm.
The immigration department pay close attention to the problem of illegal immigration, in recent years many Chinese tourists because of overdue illegal suspected illegal immigrants detained. Advised me to travel or public citizen, pay attention to the basis of visa and ticket validity arrange their time, on time departure.
Carry more than $5000 in cash or valuable items, need to fill in the customs declaration form.
Two, visa, immigration and customs
(a) visa
According to the medieval Chinese citizens visa-free agreement, holders of diplomatic, official and ordinary passports for duty exemption of visas.
A passport to travel, need to bid for a tourist visa. With a valid visa, can stay 30 days in ancient. If extension is needed, must be in the original visa expires to immigration application, may be extended up to 30 days.
(two) entry
Entry required to fill in the entry card (available in flight or arrived in the ancient airport demand), and two pages. The main content of gender, fill in name, birthplace, date of birth, nationality, passport number, occupation, starting city, destination city, the detailed address and responsible for the unit. The original to immigration officials, copies of personal saving, not lost, preparation for departure.
According to the latest regulations, the Department of immigration, for private passport holders are required to produce to the entry of any third country or return tickets.
(three) the customs
Many Cuban customs, entry-exit inspection and control is very strict.
The 1 entry
The entry, no customs declaration formalities. In addition to the usual prohibition of carrying animals and plants, food and so on, the ancient strictly limit the variety of electrical products entry. To avoid unnecessary trouble, please go through the customs website to be carried into Cuba but does not grasp objects query.
Carrying more than $5000 in cash or value items, please take the initiative and the Cuban customs contact to obtain and fill in the declaration form.
For agricultural products, meat products and medicines, electrical control strictly. It is strictly prohibited to carry harmful publications, may endanger national security and domestic order for any of the items, generator, cordless telephone, cordless headset, recorder, DVD, PL2 game consoles, GSP global positioning system, satellite phones, walkie-talkie, router, air conditioner, electric stove, microwave ovens, electric water heater and power more than 290 watts electric irons and other entry. Such as personal luggage suspected of carrying any of the above items, customs officers will ask the open-package inspection and have the right to detain. But allowed to go through the relevant formalities within 30 days since the date of detention, neither leader will be confiscated.
2 departure
The customs regulations, each passenger tax-free 2 bottles of wine, a smoke, 10 kilograms of the regular packaging of pharmaceuticals and $200 worth of goods.
The time of departure if carrying more than $5000 in cash or value of goods abroad, must fill in the declaration documents or Cuban banks to prove their legal sources show entry.
The time of departure in the local purchase of cigar must keep the original packaging and all in your hand luggage, not checked. Each can be exempt carrying 23; if more than 23, and provide regular store copies of invoices issued, otherwise it will be confiscated.
Resident Cuban diplomats to leave their identity cards from Havana airport tax, all the other passengers, including nonresident diplomats, each are required to pay 25 Cuban Convertible Peso Airport tax.
Three, the security situation and the security situation
Cuban society is stable, the better. No serious terrorist activities and crimes, but robbery theft can occur. In the less populated, relatively backward area, go out the best go hand in hand, with less cash and valuables, wearing appropriate, don't attract sb.'s attention. When you go out, ticket, passport, money alone save, prepare the photocopy of the certificate. In case of danger, timely alarm. If necessary, can be quickly made contact with the Chinese embassy.
Four, the common diseases and medical conditions
The Cuban medical level leading position in Latin america. Epidemic disease overall control is better, the recent part of the region found cases of dengue fever. Has not yet been found in cases of bird flu.
Cuban citizens enjoy public health services. Each community has a community health station, general diseases nearby in the medical station in treatment, sick by community health station sent to large hospital treatment.
Foreigners in Cuba to the special foreign hospital (such as CLINICA CIRA GARCIA). General hospital conditions better conditions than the Cuban hospital for medical treatment, but the price is relatively high, and only the Cuban Convertible Peso, emergency registration costs about 30 convertible peso.
Five, the local customs
The Cuban people hospitable, friendly to chinese. Dealing with the government departments to Comrade (compaero) match. There are four main annual national holiday: January 1st (National Day), May 1st (International Labour Day), 25 July to 27 day (commemorating the "seven ? two six" movement) and October 10th (independence day).
The local people dressed in casual. General affairs and etiquette of Cuba's national service men melon Avra (GUAYABERA), especially for formal occasions.
The Cuban daily staple food is steamed rice, food is a roasted suckling pig and black beans and rice.
Six, the price and supply
The shortage of materials, the price is relatively high. At present the main circulation two currencies: (a) Cuban Convertible Peso (PESO CONVERTIBLE or CUC for short), parity with the dollar is 1:1.08. With the dollar Convertible Peso, the need to pay 10% commission. (two) Cuban pesos (PESO CUBANO), mainly used in ancient Ba people, and the Convertible Peso is 24:1. Exchange without the payment of fees.
In the vicinity of the major consumer sites have a currency exchange office, foreigners freely convertible foreign currency exchange for Cuban pesos. At present in the Turist Hotel, large stores, supermarkets, airports and other only convertible pesos, only can use the Cuban peso in some farmers free market.
Seven, traffic and travel
The traffic condition is relatively backward, not many luxury car, mainly resident offices in foreign countries. Decades before the vintage car accounted for the majority, poor condition, most without air conditioning. The main means of transportation is the bus, taxi and the small train.
The taxi is divided into two categories, one is the good condition of imported cars, such as Benz, Peugeot, Hyundai and Volkswagen, this type of car in many airports and hotels, only the convertible peso. Another kind is relatively common in the street LADA, poor condition, the price is cheaper.
A keep old tradition in Cuba: because the transportation is too less, on the side of the road can be seen everywhere in the Cuban people waving for a lift. Meet the requirements the hitchhiker, state-owned institutions vehicle hanging light blue license as long as there are vacancies, must stop tensile load. In the main bus station, the government also sent a written parking signs help car license.
Cuba is less traffic, traffic jams happen very rarely. The usual travel, running smoothly. Only in the hurricane or continuous rain after the rainy season, part of drainage system is not good flooded roads caused traffic jam.
Eight, the embassy and the relevant departments of the local contact
Mobile phone: 0053-5-8853288
Fax: 0053-7-8333092
The consular section: 0053-7-8360037
The relevant departments of the local telephone:
Airport flight information: 6495666
Airport baggage information: 6426172
Police: 106
Fire: 105
Immigration and aliens Center: 587170
Source: Ministry of foreign affairs of the people's Republic of China
Editor: Jin Jing
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