Cameroon offers visitors coastlines, deserts, mountains, rain forests and savanna and is an "Africa in miniature" according to De Lancey, Mark W and Mark Dike De Lancey in Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon, The Scarecrow Press, 2000. Tourists should therefore bring suitable clothing for all seasons.
The country has a high risk of infectious diseases like malaria, yellow fever, bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E and typhoid fever and tourists should take precautionary medicine and measures.
There are 24 major African language groups, but English and French are the official languages.
Fixed-line telephones are available but the equipment is generally old and the connections with many parts of the country are unreliable.
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Petty criminals frequent the streets and according to the CIA - The World Fact Book, trafficking in humans, both for the purpose of forced labor and sex - rings are still rife in the country.
Cash is the accepted method of payment and few places accept any other method of payment, Cameroon is truly the undiscovered jewel of Africa and tourists would do well to consider this country, with its rich natural resources and cultural heritage, as a holiday destination.
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The country has a high risk of infectious diseases like malaria, yellow fever, bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E and typhoid fever and tourists should take precautionary medicine and measures.
There are 24 major African language groups, but English and French are the official languages.
Fixed-line telephones are available but the equipment is generally old and the connections with many parts of the country are unreliable.
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Petty criminals frequent the streets and according to the CIA - The World Fact Book, trafficking in humans, both for the purpose of forced labor and sex - rings are still rife in the country.
Cash is the accepted method of payment and few places accept any other method of payment, Cameroon is truly the undiscovered jewel of Africa and tourists would do well to consider this country, with its rich natural resources and cultural heritage, as a holiday destination.
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