Honduras Shopping, Embassy and Communication

Honduras Shopping, Embassy and Communication

Language

Overview

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)

12/25/2022 Christmas

Source: Top-mba-universities.com

Duty free shopping

Overview

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

(with visa issue)

Breitenfurter Strasse 380 A/8
Vienna
Austria
+43 (0)1 888 70 77.

Appointments after tel. Agreement.

Embassy of the Republic of Honduras

Honorary consulates in Duisburg, Hamburg and Munich.

Cuxhavener Strasse 14
Berlin
Germany
+49 (0)30 39 74 97 09.
http://www.embajada-honduras.de/
http://www.embajada-honduras.de/

Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00.

Embassy of the Republic of Honduras

Honorary Consulate in Vienna.

Schwindgasse 5
Vienna
Austria
+43 (0)1 503 21 30.

Mon-Fri 09.30-12.30 and 13.00-16.00.

Business

Business etiquette

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.

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