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What do you need to know if you are Planning your holidays to the Seychelles?

 

Airlines flying to Seychelles Airport Tax
Banks Business Hours
Currency and exchange rate Electricity voltage
General Info Religions
Seychelles Tourist offices Time difference
Vaccination Visa requirements
 

Airlines flying to Seychelles

 
 

Airport Tax

Payable on departing the country. Cost US $40.

Business Hours

8a.m to 4p.m.

Only a few offices are open on Saturday mornings, shops follow almost the same pattern of opening and closing hours.

Currency and exchange rate

The Seychelles rupee is the official currency. The exchange is approximately SR5 to one US dollar. The exchange rates for major currencies are published daily in all banks, hotels and in the Seychelles Nation newspaper every Tuesday.

American express, Diners club and visa cards are the major credit cards which are accepted for car hiring , hotel and restaurant expenses. Shops and boutiques which accept credit cards will display the signs on their doors.

Electricity voltage

240 volts AC

General Info

National Holidays

1st and 2nd January (New Year)
Good Friday
Easter Saturday
1st May (Labour Day)
Corpus Christi
5th June (Liberation Day)
15th June (National Day)
29th June (Independence Day)
15th August (Assumption)
1st November (All Saints Day)
8th December (Immaculate Conception)
25th December (Christmas Day)

Religions

About 95% of the population are Christians, the big majority of whom are Roman Catholics, followed by Anglicans and Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Victoria may be known as the world's smallest capital but it boasts two cathedrals - one each for the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, a mosque and a colourful Hindu temple.

The Bahai, Islamic and Hindu faiths are also thriving. There are both catholic and Anglican cathedrals in parishes for every district on the main islands and chapels on certain outer islands.

 
SEYCHELLES TOURIST OFFICES WORLDWIDE
 
www.aspureasitgets.com
The Official Destination Website for Seychelles
Office/Address/Phone/Fax/Email Contact Person/Title/Mobile Territory
HEADQUATERS          Seychelles Tourism Marketing Authority HQ · P.O. Box 1262 · Victoria · Mahé · Seychelles ·      Tel: +248 620 000 ·                    Fax: +248 620 620 ·e-mail:  seychelles@aspureasitgets.com Mr. Francis Savy Chief Executive Officer Worldwide
France
Economic and Commercial Section. Seychelles Embassy.                    51 av Mozart · 75016 Paris · France · Tel: +33 1 42 30 02 67 · Fax: +33 1 42 30 02 68 ·              e-mail: stoparis@worldnet.fr 
Mrs. Bernadette Willemin            Regional Manager France, Belgium, Luxemburg
Germany
Mangum Group -           Sonnenstrasse 9 D - 80331 -         D - 80331  Munich · Germany · 
Tel: (+49 0 89) 23 66 21 69/23 66 21 53 ·                                       Fax: (+49 0 89) 23 66 21 99 ·         e-mail: seychelles@mangum.de 
Ms. Ulli Fink Regional Manager  Germany, Austria
Italy
BMK . Foro Bonaparte,               46 · 20121 Milan · Italy ·                   Tel: + 39 02 86917400 ·           Fax: + 39 02 72096007 ·              e-mail: stoitaly@libero.it 

Ms Linda Kemp  Administration    

Ms Ornella Ruffa  PR/Press      

Italy
South Africa
480 Cork Avenue · Ferndale 2194 · South Africa ·                              Tel: +27 11 791 0300 · 
Fax: +27 11 791 0052 ·                                               email.sto.seychelles@intekom.co.za 
Ms. Jenny Kearney Regional Manager South  Africa, South America
Spain
Monte Esquinza, 30 bajo dcha · 28010 Madrid ·Spain ·               Tel: +34 91 702 08 04 ·            Fax: +34 91 702 23 74 ·                  e-mail: stomad@attglobal.net 
Mrs. Bernadette Willemin           Regional Manager Spain, Portugal
United Kingdom
36 Southwark Bridge Road · London SE1 9EU ·                United Kingdom .
Tel: +44 (0)20 7202 6363 ·       Fax: +44 (0)207928 0722 · 
e-mail:seychelles@hillsbalfour.com 
Ms. Anita Lewis  Regional Manager United Kingdom, Netherlands
SEYCHELLES TOURIST REPRESENTATIVES
Dubai
Mohamed Al Geziry Consultancy - Alfattan Plaza - Deira - Dubai · U.A.E. ·                                        Tel: +971 4 2865586 ·                 Fax: +971 4 2865589 ·                   e-mail: seychelles@algeziry.com 
Mr. Mohamed Al Geziry        Regional Representative UAE
India
TRAC Representatives India P. Ltd · A - 61 6th Floor · Himalaya House · Kasturba Gandhi Marg · New Delhi · India · 110001 ·                            Tel: +91 11 2335 0295/2335 2550/237 30136·                         Fax: +91 11 2335 0270 ·                 e-mail: kg@tracrep.com 
Mr. Kavi Ghel   Regional Manager India
Kenya
Archers Tours and Travels Ltd. · Peponi Plaza · Peponi Road · Westlands - P.O. Box 437 - 00606 - Nairobi · Kenya ·                          Tel: +254 2 375 2472/ 2473/ 2477/ 2481/ 2482 ·                                Fax: +254 2 3752476 ·                   e-mail: archers@archersafrica.com 
Ms Mia Dunford  Regional Representative Kenya
Nordic Regions                         Airline Marketing Service                 S:t Eriksgatan 75 Ground Floor                                                 SE- 113 32       Stockholm Sweden                                         Tel: +46 0 8 545 515 12 ·             Fax: +46 0 8 545 515 19 e-mail:lena@ams.a.se                              Ms Lena Skogstrom-Ericson      Regional Representative Nordic Region
Switzerland
Flughofstrasse 61 · CH-8152 · Glattbrugg · Switzerland ·
Tel: +41 0 43 211 63 35 ·             Fax: +41 0 43 211 63 44·
e-mail: info@seychelles.ch 
Mr. Daniel Stockli    Regional Representative Switzerland

For more information please contact your local tour operator, travel agent or e-mail: info@aspureasitgets.com 

Website: www.aspureasitgets.com

Visa requirements

No visa is needed to come to Seychelles. All you need is a valid passport, a return ticket and a hotel reservation. Upon arrival at the Seychelles airport you will need to present all three documents to the immigration officer to be issued with a visa. First issue is valid for a month but extension can be granted for up to a year. Extensions beyond three months are subjected to a small fee of SR200 or $40.

Vaccination

There is no malaria or other tropical diseases in Seychelles therefore no vaccination is required. On the other hand Seychelles require a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate from travellers arriving from areas or from countries with infected areas. If you are coming from these infected zones please ensure that you are in possesion of a valid vaccination certificate.

For more details and information on additional subjects visit the Seychelles Tourist Office (STO) near you.

Time difference

Four hours ahead of Greenwich meridian time(GMT)and three hours ahead of the time in western Europe.

 

LINKS

 

Weather Seychelles Yellow pages Online
Seychelles in figures Seychelles Medical and Dental Journal
Business Directory National council for Children
 

The Seychelles Nation Newspaper's office 
Long Pier Road,Victoria Seychelles, P.O.Box 800 
Victoria , Seychelles
Tel: (248) 225775 or 722680 on weekends & public holidays           Fax: (248) 321006 

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