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Asmara (Asmera)
Agordat (Akordat)
Assab (Asseb)
Barentu
Dahlak islands
Dekemhare (Decemhare)
Ghinda (Ginda)
Keren (Cheren)
Massawa (Massauwa)
Mendefera (Adi Ugri)
Nakfa (Nacfa)
Semenawi Bahri (Filfil)
Tessenei
(Teseney)
Ministry of Tourism - Tourism Service Center
The Tourism Service Center (Next to the Sweet Asmara Cafe in Harnet Avenue) or the Zoba Administration Offices are the appropriate desk to obtain a Travel Permit for Foreigners necessary for all foreigners traveling out of greater Asmara. Travel permits will be issued for trips.
up to Hagaz (including Keren)
up to Gelalo (including Nefasit, Ghinda, Massawa and Dahlak)
up to Senafe (including Adi Keih, Segeneiti and Decemhare)
up to Mendefera
through Filfil
Other destinations cannot be visited by tourists. For these destinations a letter of recommendation of the Eritrean Embassy is required, as well as the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Tourism and / or PFDJ.
The permits are valid for one or two nights, depending on the destination. Applications are usually processed the same day if you visit the office in the morning.
The Tourism Service Center will also answer your questions on where to go, will give information about hotels and restaurants, the Eritrean Railway, as well as general information about Eritrea.
Ministry of Tourism - Tourism Service Center - Harnet Avenue Asmara.
(next to the Sweet Asmara Caffee) Tel. +291 1 124871.Apart from a few leaflets of tourism service providers, the Tourism Service Center does not have, nor does it sell books and video documentaries. Maps, tourist guides and books about Eritrea, as well as posters, flags, postcards, and music (video and audio) can be bought at the bookshop at the Bahti Meskerem Square.
Eritrean Ministry of Tourism
The Eritrean Ministry of Tourism - Harnet Avenue Asmara
Asmara P.O. Box 1010 Phone 00291 - 1 - 126997 Fax 00291 - 1 - 126949 Massawa Phone 00291 - 1 - 552797 Fax 00291 - 1 - 552898 Keren Phone 00291 - 1 - 401649 Asmara Phone 00291 - 1 - 124871 (Tourism Service Center)
