Travel

Visa
A valid passport with Entry Visa is required to all visitors. A Tourist Visa allows a stay of 28 days. A Business Visa allows a stay of ten weeks, extendible up to 12 months on a case-by-case basis.

Customs
Foreign currency above US$ 2000, jewelleries, electrical goods and cameras must be declared at the airport, Export of antiques and archaeologically valuable items are prohibited.

Export of antiques
Export of antiques and archaeologically valuable items are prohibited. Visitors are advised to buy only the allowed items of handicrafts and art objects from the registered souvenir shops. Insist on to obtain the certified receipt from the shops. Visitors are requested to show the receipt upon request by the responsible official concerned. Any illegal trade of prohibited items will result in heavy penalty.

Duty Free Allowance
Two bottles of liquor; two cartons of cigarettes; 1.5 lb of tobacco; 100 cigars; one pint bottle of perfume or eau de cologne.

Airport Tax
The airport tax is US$10 for international passengers, payable in FEC(Foreign Exchange Certificates). There is no airport tax on domestic flights.

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

Foreign Exchange
Visitors who bring more than US$ 2000 must declare the amount of foreign currency to the customs.

Foreign Exchange Certificate (FEC), issued for the convenience of visitors, is accepted by hotels, airlines, travel agencies, taxis, restaurants, and convenient for entrance fees to pagodas, museums, parks, etc. FECs are issued in US$ 20, $ 10, $ 5 and$ 1 denominations.

Air Travel Time
- 3 hrs from Hong Kong
- 3 hrs from Singapore
- 45 minutes from Bangkok
For Fights Schedule, click here

UB = Myanmar Airways
W9 = Air Bagan
6T = Air Mandalay
HK = Yangon Airways

International Flights
6T = Air Mandalay
9T = Phuket Airlines
AE = Mandarin Airlines
BG = Biman
CA = Air China
CZ = China Southern Airlines
FD = Air Asia
IC = Indian Airlines
KB = Druk Air
MH = Malaysia Airlines
MI = Silk Air
MU = China Eastern Airlines
QR = Qater Airways
TG = Thai Airways
UB = Myanmar Airways International
UO = Hong Kong Express Airways

Hong Kong Express Airways extended direct air service between Hong Kong and Yangon, Myanmar on every Tuesday and Friday.

Hong Kong to Yangon: Tuesday and Friday

Day of Service	Flight Number	Depart Hong Kong	Arrive Yangon
Tuesday	UO791	09:45	11:55
Friday	UO791	08:10	10:20

Yangon to Hong Kong: Tuesday and Friday

Day of Service	Flight Number	Depart Hong Kong	Arrive Yangon
Tuesday	UO792	12:40	17:15
Friday	UO792	11:05	15:40

The allowed items
- Modern lacquerwares & tapestries
- Modern figurines (however, bronze Buddha images, bronze weights in Hamsa and Lion design, and Pyu artisans bronze figurines are not allowed)
- Modern wooden carvings and marionettes
- Clay and terra-cotta art-objects (However, clay tobacco pipes and terra-cotta votive tablets are not allowed)
- Pictures made of straw, oil color paintings, water-color paintings, modern cloth-paintings mosaic picture on wooden plaques.
-Bone figurines.

Useful telephone numbers

• Ambulance

 

Yangon General Hospital (YGH)	256 112, 256 123
Emergency (YGH)	192, 295 133
Emergency-Injury	281 722 (Ext. 269)
Red Cross	383 684/295 133
National Blood Bank	290 204

• Emergency

 

Fire	191, 252 011
Central Fire Station	252 011, 252 022
Police	199, 549 309
Police (Tourist Safety Unit)	376 166, 642, 742, 549 209
Traffic Investigation	640 668
Traffic Control Branch	298 651

• Travel Information

 

Airport (Enquiry)	662 811
Shipping (Costal Vessel)	382 722
Trains (Enquiry)	201 555, 202 176
Min. of Hotels & Tourism	67- 406 056
Myanma Airways	662 712, 662 663
Myanmar Travels & Tours	252 859, 378 376
Tourist Information	371 910, 374 281