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Planning Your Visit Planning Your Visit
Approximate flight times to for a period of up to 45 days. Crime Stoppers Hotline: Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
477-4357 Jan. 18: Martin Luther
A.B. Won Pat Guam Interna- For a detailed listing of visa ComNavMarianas Dive
Locker Recompression King Jr.’s
tional Airport (GUM) are as requirements and informa- Chamber: 339-7143 Birthday
Guam Diving Doctor Last
follows: tion about the visa waiver (Dr. Frickel): 637-1777 Monday in
May: Memorial Day
Beijing, China (PEK): program, please visit the U.S. Other Useful Phone July 4: Independence Day
Numbers July 21: Liberation Day
5 hours Department of Homeland Guam Visitors Bureau: First
646-5278 Monday in
Cairns, Australia: Security website. Guam Hotel & Restaurant September: Labor Day
Association: 649-1447 Nov. 2: All Soul’s Day
4 hours, 40 minutes Accommodations On Guam Guam International Airport Nov. 11: Veterans Day
Hong Kong (HKG): Authority (GIAA) Police: Fourth
4 hours, 30 minutes Over 8,600 hotel rooms on 646-0308/0321 Thursday
Port Authority of Guam in
Honolulu, Hawaii (HON): Guam are either on the beach (PAG) Harbor Master: November: Thanksgiving Day
477-8697 Dec. 8: Our Lady of
7 hours or at convenient locations Department of Parks & Camarin Day
Recreation – Parks Division: Dec. 25: Christmas Day
Los Angeles, California with the business traveler in 475-6288/9
Department of Public Health Quick Facts
(LAX): mind. Finding accommoda- & Social Services, Vital Political Status:
Statistics (Marriage License): Unincorporated Territory of
12 hours tions is easy and can range 735-7292 the United States
Location:
Manila, Philippines (MNL): from budget-conscious room Government of Guam 13.48 degrees North, 144.45
Department of Agriculture: degrees East
3 hours, 30 minutes rates to luxury five-star ame- 475-1427 Native Inhabitants:
University of Guam, Chamorro
Osaka, Japan (OSA): nities. A list of hotels and Registrar: 735-2207 Electricity: 120 volt/60 cy-
Guam Community College, cles (same as U.S. mainland)
3 hours, 30 minutes facilities that provide accom- Admissions: 735-5531 Capital: Hagåtña
National Weather Service: Land Area: 212 square miles
Shanghai, China (PUD): modations is provided in the 811 or 472-0900 (549 square kilometers )
Official Languages:
4 hours, 30 minutes Guam Guide insert. Public Holidays English and Chamorro
If any of the following falls on Time: Greenwich Meridian
18 Seoul, Korea (ICN): Useful Emergency a Saturday, the holiday will be Time +10 19
observed the preceding Friday. Population: Over 178,000
4 hours, 30 minutes Phone Numbers If any fall on a Sunday, the (2010 estimate)
Tokyo, Japan (NRT): holiday will be observed the Currency:
3 hours, 30 minutes The country code for following Monday. U.S. Dollar, with most credit
cards widely accepted
Guam is (1)
The area code for
Entry and Exit Formalities Guam is (671)
Entry requirements for Guam Emergency: 911
are the same as any U.S. des-
tination. To be on the safe Emergency Management
side – even if you possess Office of Civil Defense:
U.S. citizenship – you should 475-9600/9601
have a passport before decid- Guam Fire Department, Fire
ing to enter Guam. Citizens Rescue, Tiyan Rescue #1:
of most other countries must 477-3555/2615
have a valid passport and a
U.S. visa. Guam Memorial Hospital
Emergency Room:
The Guam Visa Waiver Pro- 647-2489/2442/647-2491
gram, adopted in October Operator: 647-2330/2939
1988 and revised in Novem-
ber 2009, permits citizens of U.S. Naval Hospital
more than a dozen countries Emergency Room:
entry to Guam without a visa 344-9232/9314
