Official language is Spanish. English is widely spoken in the north of the country and on the Bay Islands in the Caribbean. Also numerous Indian languages.
Public Holidays
01/01/2022 New Year
04/14/2022 Day of the Americas
04/14/2022 Maundy Thursday
04/15/2022 Good Friday
04/16/2022 holy saturday
05/01/2022 Labor Day
09/15/2022 Independence Day
10/21/2022 Armed Forces Day (memorial day honoring the military)
The following items can be brought into Honduras duty-free: 200 cigarettes or 100 cigars or 500 g of tobacco; 2 bottles (up to 1L each) of alcoholic beverages; perfume for personal use; Gifts up to a total value of US$50. More information is available from Countryaah.com.
Contact addresses
Embassy of the Republic of Honduras
Avenue de France 23
Geneva
Switzerland
(+41) (0)22 710 07 66. Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Honduras
It is customary to address a business partner by title, especially when first meeting. Business people are expected to dress neatly. There are hardly any interpreting and translation services. Many business people speak English but correspondence should be in Spanish. Business Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-12pm and 2pm-5pm, Sat 8am-11am. Government Offices: Mon-Fri 8.30am-12pm and 1pm-4.30pm.
Business contacts
Commercial Department of the Honduran Embassy Cuxhavener Strasse 14, 10555 Berlin, Germany Tel. +49 (0)30 39 74 97 09. Website: hondurasenalemania.com Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland Kasernenstrasse 11, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland Tel. +41 (0)44 240 33 00. Website: www.latcam.ch Cámara de Comercio e Industria de Tegucigalpa (Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Blvd. Centroamerica, Apdo. Postal no. 3444, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Tel. +504 (0)22 32 42 00. Website: www.ccit.hn
Communication
Phone
Autodial Long Distance Service. According to Abbreviationfinder.org, the national telephone company is called Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones (Hondutel) (website: www.hondutel.hn). Public phones are often card phones.
Mobile phone
GSM 850/1900. The main network operators are Celtel (Internet: www.celtel.net) and Aloe (Internet: www.alo.hn).
Internet
Internet provider is NetSys (Internet: www.netsys.hn). There are internet cafes in larger cities.
Post office
Airmail to Europe takes 4-7 days. Post office opening hours: Mon-Sat 08.00-12.00 and 14.00-18.00.
Radio
Since the use of shortwave frequencies changes several times over the course of a year, it is advisable to contact Deutsche Welle customer service directly for the current frequencies (Tel: (+49) (0228) 429 32 08. Internet: www.dw-world.de) to request.
