Galapagos requires private health insurance for foreign tourists

Galapagos requires private health insurance for foreign tourists

No exact date from this 2018 Galápaid exige seguro de salud privado a turistas extranjeros que visiten las “enchanted islands”.

UPDATEÓN 10/09/2018:

The Gal Governmentápaid adó hoy en su web que el seguro de salud obligatorio ha quedado aplazado en su puesta en funcionamiento para turistas que visiten las islas, no exact date of operation. The details: http://www.gobiernogalapagos.gob.ec/comunicado-sobre-requisito-de-seguro-de-salud-privado-para-ingreso-a-galapagos/

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This is a new requirement, que no tiene relación with him international health insurance for tourists visiting Ecuador, el cual quedó derogado y que no entrará en vigencia.

The Consejo de Gobierno de Regimen Especial de GalápaidCREG informó durante agosto de 2018 sobre los requisitos actualizados para turistas extranjeros que visiten Galápagos a partir de noviembre de este mismo añO.

Mediante Ordenanza No. 001-CGREG-XI-V-2018, the plenary session of the Governing Council, expidió un nuevo Reglamento de Migración y Residencia en el Rémoan Special of the Province of Galápaid.

En este se especifican los requisitos con los que tendrán que cumplir todos los turistas que visiten el Archipiélago. El artíass 48 indica:

  1. Haber adquirido la tarjeta de control de tránsito;
  2. Round trip ticket by any routeía
  3. private health insurance;
  4. Book in one or más accommodations or tourist accommodation establishmentsílegally authorized aestheticians, to spend the night; O,
  5. invitation letterósubscribed by a permanent or temporary resident in the province of Galápaid, what a dutyá be extended in the format established for this purpose by the Secretariatía Técynic of the Governing Council.

Of all these requirements, where c is addedécitizen dulaía passport for all travelers, the point is waived 3 ÚONLY, for Ecuadorian tourists.

private health insurance

From the 1 of November, all foreign tourists entering through Baltra airports, San Cristóbal the isabella, dutyán accredit all the previously numbered requirements.

This new obligation for foreigners, couldá be acquired by tourists from insurance companies that have the respective Secretaría Tétechnique. The names of these companiesún have not been published on the entity's web portal.

Until the dífrom today, The regulations that dictate this ordinance have not been published nor the characteristicsístatics that the insurance mustá tell, nor dówho podrá be acquired, either in mainland Ecuador or in the immigration posts of the airports prior to entering the Islands.

These requirements already existíhave been recently updated in July 2017, where I enteredó in force the need to have a invitation letterón of a resident of Galápaid in the case of no hotel or cruise accommodation.

We will continue to update secúnew informationón become available.

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