Country guide · PH

Philippines

2 destinos y fiestas · 3 normas y tabúes

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Before you go

Lectura obligada antes de ir

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Philippines: carry ID

  • When your passport is in the safe, carry a copy of its photo page
  • Going out without any ID

You must show ID when police ask for it.

Verificado el 19 oct 2026Fuente: GOV.UK: Philippines travel advice

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Philippines: zero tolerance for drugs

  • Stay away from drugs of any kind
  • Possessing even a small amount of drugs

Even small amounts of drugs bring mandatory prison sentences.

Verificado el 19 oct 2026Fuente: GOV.UK: Philippines travel advice

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Philippines: avoid too much intimacy in public

  • Behave appropriately in public
  • Overly intimate behaviour in public

It may be treated as 'grave scandal', punishable by a fine or 6 months in prison.

Verificado el 19 oct 2026Fuente: GOV.UK: Philippines travel advice