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== Get in ==
When entering, you have to show that you have a return ticket, accommodation and enough money to cover your expenses. You need to pay a departure tax of £20 when you are leaving the islands from Mount Pleasant Airport. You don't need a visa if you are citizen of [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[North America]], the Mercosur countries, [[Chile]], and most Commonwealth countries and the [[EUEuropean Union|European Community]].
=== By [[hitchhiking a plane|plane]] ===
Mount Pleasant airport (MPN) is the [[airport]] where most international flights arrive. It is also a military base at the same time. There's a weekly flight from [[Santiago de Chile]] also stopping in [[Punta Arenas]] ([[Chile|CL]]) and [[Rio Gallegos]] ([[Argentina|AR]]) by LanChile. Flights from [[Europe]] for commercial passengers are operated by the UK Royal Air Force. These flights last 18 hours, start in RAF Brize Norton, in the [[South East (England)|south east of England]] and have a stop on [[Ascension Island]].
The airport is 56km (35 miles) from Stanley. Tourists arriving at the airport usually either take a shuttle bus or a [[taxi]] to Stanley.
=== By [[hitchhiking a boat|boat]] ===
Large cruise ships are coming to the Port of Stanley in summer. Some of them also stop at other islands where landing will be done using small inflatable boats.
