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Travel and Tourism in Dominica
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Dominica.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Travel Alert Status
- Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
- Time Difference
- UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Currency
- 2.7
- Climate
- Tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
- Ethnic Groups
- Black, mixed black and European, European, Syrian, Carib Amerindian
- National Holiday
- Independence Day, 3 November (1978)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 15 25 N, 61 20 W
- Location
- Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
- Airports
- 2
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
Medical care is limited. The major hospital is Princess Margaret Hospital (telephone (767) 448-2231/5720). In addition, there is one other hospital in Dominica and several clinics. There is an operational hyperbaric chamber at the main hospital. The private hospital and clinics will take emergency cases. There is limited ambulance service on most of the island, and a sea rescue service is available at the North end of the island.
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