Administrative Arrangement

Travel Documents

Please make sure that you have all the documents/personal needs/subsistence allowance with you prior to your departure for Manila. These should include:

• Valid Passport with visa stamp of the Philippine Embassy in your respective country (if visa is needed);
• Roundtrip ticket (itineraries confimed);
• Letter of invitation of ADFIAP and programme of activities;
• Personal medicines, if needed; and,
• Personal Travel accident insurance

Foreign nationals must be in possession of a current passport or other internationally recognized travel document. They must be endorsed for traveling to the Philippines and have a period of validity of at least six months beyond the time of stay allowed in the Philippines. Foreign nationals who require a visa to enter the Philippines must apply and obtain a visa in advance at Philippine Foreign Missions abroad before entering the country.

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Arrival Information

Most of arrival in Manila disembark at Terminal 1 where delegates will be met by a representative of the Department of Tourism who will usher the participant/s to the arrival extension area where ADFIAP representatives will be holding a signage which bears the ADFIAP logo. Please refer to Annex 1 for Terminal 1 Map.

Arrivals via Philippine Airlines (the nation’s flag carrier), will disembark at Terminal 2 where delegates will be met by a representative of the Department of Tourism who will usher the delegates to Bay Number 15 where ADFIAP representatives will be holding a signage which bears the ADFIAP logo (see page 1 for ADFIAP logo). Please refer to Annex 2 for Terminal 2 Map.

Arrivals via All Nippon Air, Emirates, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Delta Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Cebu Pacific will disembark at Terminal 3 where delegates will be met by a representative of the Department of Tourism who will usher the delegates to Bay Number 15 where ADFIAP representatives will be holding a signage which bears the ADFIAP logo (see page 1 for ADFIAP logo). Please refer to Annex 3 for Terminal 3 Map.

All arrival/departure details need to be communicated to ADFIAP Secretariat, c/o Ms. Sandy Lim via email, on or before 15 November 2015. We would strongly advise delegates to secure return/onward flights prior to their departure for Manila.

Note: In case you are unable to locate the ADFIAP representative at the designated place, you may get an airport taxi and claim for reimbursement with the ADFIAP secretariat.

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Departure Information

All participants will be brought to the airport for their respective departures and should be ready 3 hours prior to their flight departure. Airport tax is P550.

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Hotel Accommodation

Address: Esperanza Street corner Makati Avenue, Ayala Center
Makati City 1200, PHILIPPINES

Tel No: +63 2 811 6888
Fax No.: +63 2 811 6777
E-mail: manila@newworldhotels.com

Web Address: http://manila.newworldhotels.com

Located at the heart of Makati Commercial Center, the New World Makati Hotel is proximate to Makati’s trendiest shopping malls, fine dining establishments and entertainment centers.

The hotel’s central location makes it an ideal base for both business and leisure travel. It is a 30-minute drive from Terminals 1 to 3. The fashionable Greenbelt Lifestyle Complex and Glorietta shopping complexes including a manifold of business offices and banks are just steps away from the New World Makati Hotel.

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Conference Organizer

Association of Development Financing Institutions
in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)
2/F Skyland Plaza, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue
Makati City, Philippines

Tel No: (63 2) 816 16 72 / 843 0932 / 844 9090
Fax No: (63 2) 817 6498
Email: inquiries@wordpress-810863-3681865.cloudwaysapps.com
Website Address: www.adfiap.org

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Travel and Country Information

Immigration – Customs Requirement

Manila welcomes visitors and to facilitate easy entry, everything has been done to make the process as pleasant as possible. A valid passport for at least six months beyond the intended period of stay and a ticket for onward travel are required.

As a visitor, you are allowed to bring any or all of the following articles duty-free to the country: reasonable quantity of clothes; jewelry; toiletries; 400 sticks of cigarettes or two tins of tobacco; and two bottles of wine or spirits of not more than one liter.

Note: Your baggage may be examined by Customs.

Visa Advisory and Health Requirements

In addition to a valid passport and an air ticket confirming onward travel, travellers to the Philippines should possess a valid visa if needed. Attached as Annex 4, is the list of countries that are allowed to stay in the Philippines for not more than 21 days without visa.

ADFIAP will assist participants coming from countries where visa is required to enter the Philippines. Please let us know at the earliest possible if your country is one of those. This is to properly coordinate with the Philippine Embassy or Consulate in your country (or near your country) for quick facilitation. And, if spouse and/or children are travelling with you, may we suggest that you apply for their visa simultaneously with yours for quick facilitation.

Health certificate is normally not required from visitors arriving in the Philippines unless there is an outbreak of a communicable disease from the country of origin.

Languages

English is widely spoken and understood anywhere in the Philippines. It is the second language of the Filipinos, aside from Filipino, the country’s national language.

Weather, Climate and Clothing

The average temperature in the Philippines for the month of December ranges from 24 to 31 degrees centigrade. Manila has a pleasant tropical climate.

For the Fellowship Day, may we suggest something casual. Since December falls during rainy months, please bring an umbrella when going outdoors. Light jacket is also recommended.

Currency & Credit Cards

It is advisable to have a few hundred Pesos (Philippine currency) on hand when you arrive in Manila. Since banks are closed on weekends, exchange dealers are available at the airport’s arrival area where you may wish to exchange your foreign currency. Current exchange rate as of July 2015 is US$1.00 = P45.33.

Banks or foreign exchange dealers near the hotel or at the hotel itself are also available. All leading foreign and local banks in Makati are able to change cash and traveller’s cheques for you. Most hotels will also provide you with currency exchange facilities but at slightly lower rates.

Major international credit cards such as American Express, Visa and Mastercard, are accepted by most hotels, restaurants, shops, car rental companies and tour operators. Cash advances are possible against credit cards in certain banks.

Communications

Most hotels have International Direct Dial (IDD) facilities. For inbound calls, the international IDD country code for the Philippines is 63 and area code for Makati is 2.

Major mobile network operators in Manila are Smart Communications, Globe and Sun Cellular. Mobile customers are advised to check with their network operators for their roaming status before travelling, as the roaming capability must be ‘turned on’ in your home country.

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Tours for Accompanying Persons

Visit to places of interest in Manila will be arranged for all accompanying spouse/persons from Monday, December 7 to Wednesday to December 9. Please refer to the Accompanying Persons’ Program. We have hired an excellent tourist guide to make your stay a memorable experience.

If you wish to visit places other than those scheduled for the tour, ADFIAP will be more than glad to assist. However, expenses for these trips are to be borne by you personally.

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Transportation

There are various modes of public transportation to choose from when travelling around Metro Manila.

If the question is about comfort and not money, then for those who do not own a car and for any tourist visiting the country, the taxi service is the appropriate mode of transport to move around. The taxi service is considerably good and is available at areas near the malls and almost all the points in the country even at the airports. There are some operators who privately own taxi services while there are some regular ones. Flag-down taxi rate is P40 and P11.67 per kilometre onwards.

In Philippines too, shared taxis are available which are called Jeepneys. This shared taxis are quite popular in Philippine as they are available all the time and are pocket friendly as the cost gets divided among the passengers. Initially made out of deserted military jeeps, the Jeepneys are spacious and are available to accommodate around 14 to 15 people or more at a time. It may get a little crowded but then that is what real adventure is comprised of. Moreover moving around the city in these shared taxis are fun and gives ample opportunity to meet and interact with the local crowd. The Jeepneys are not only spacious but are admired for their bright colors and attractive decorations. Moreover they are the prime source of income for many. Jeepney drivers charge a minimum of P8 for the first 4 kilometers.

Another means of transportation is via the train-Metro Rail Transit (MRT) or Light Rail Transit (LRT) which has 16 stations, about 1 per kilometer and takes about half an hour to cover the entire route (from Taft to Rizal Avenue) and (from Baclaran to Monumento in Caloocan City. Maximum fare charged for a one way flow is P28

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Annex

Annex 4 — Visa Requirements

List of countries whose citizens can stay in the Philippines for visits not more than 21 days in the Philippines

*Brazilian and Israeli nationals are given fifty-nine (59) days stay based on existing agreements.

The following are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a stay not exceeding fourteen (14) days:

• Holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative (SAR) passports.
• Holders of Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports.

The following are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a stay not exceeding seven (7) days:

• Holders of Macau-Portuguese passports
• Holders of Hong Kong British passports.

Visa required for citizens from

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