| Currency | How to Arrive |
| Language | Business Hours |
| Currency | How to Arrive |
| Language | Business Hours |
Documents required to enter the country
To enter the country it is necessary to have a current passport and a tourist visa or tourist card issued in the port of origin by your carrier. All tourists from Central, South America and Europe, except Germany, Spain and The United Kindom, need to fill this requirement.
Communication and Media
In the Island you will find regional, national and international newspapers. There are five TV channels and seven a.m. or f.m. radiostations.
There is a good postal service and telegraphs, fax, telex and e-mail service, and international telephone connections to the whole world, just dialing 122.
Currency
The Venezuelan currency is the Bolívar, but shops accept US Dollars at the current exchange rate (480 bolivars per dollar as of March 1997). Other foreign currency fluctuates according to this. Any currency can be exchanged at banks and money exchangers. Traveller checkes and credit cards are all honored.
How to arrive
By Air:
Twenty minutes away from Porlamar is the Santiago Mariño International Caribbean Airport, where there arrive flights from both, cities from Venezuela and from all over the world. National and international conections are easy. You can also get there from Caracas´ Simón Bolívar International Airport, in a flight that takes only 35 minutes.
By Sea:
From mainland Venezuela, you can get there by ferry from the cities of Puerto La Cruz and Cumaná, arriving at Punta de Piedras Port; and from Carúpano arriving at El Morro Port Terminal, southeast of Porlamar. Travel time is about four hours in each case.
Medical Services
Hospital Luis Ortega, Porlamar, phone: 612212
Margarita Medical Center, Calle Marcano, Porlamar, phone: 614611.
La Fe Medical Center, Porlamar, phone: 622711.
Libertad Medical Center, Porlamar, phone: 63078.
Nueva Esparta Medical Center, La Asunción, phone: 422111.
Emergencies
Fire Station: 166
Port Authority: 611454
Police Department: 169
Red Cross: 633636
Civil Defense: 619057
Inmigration Department (Diex): 635705
Intelligence Police (Disip): 165
National Guard: 168
Transit Police:167
Bureau of Investigations (P.T.J.): 160
The official lenguage in Venezuela is Spanish, but you will find out that in most of the places you visit you will find english, german and french speaking attendants.
Banks: Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 11: and from 14:00 to 16:30
Offices: Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00
Stores: Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 19:00.