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How to Get to Cebu by plane
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Cebu is an island, so the fastest way to get to Cebu is by air. Foreign visitors may fly direct to Cebu from Doha, Hong Kong, Busan, Koror, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, thru the Mactan-Cebu International Airport. This modern facility serves both international and local flights. Passport control and baggage handling is fairly fast and efficient. Facilities and amenities include a shopping center, duty-free shop, souvenir shops, cafés, business centers, food shops, communication facilities, banking facilities, car rentals, hotel and resort reservations, beauty & health services.


Cathay Pacific Airways, and Cebu Pacific, a new budget carrier, fly between Hong Kong and Cebu daily while Silkair and Cebu pacific fly between Cebu and Singapore daily. Philippine Airlines service between Cebu-Tokyo daily except Mondays and Cebu-Seoul, four times a week. Malaysian Airlines fly from Kuala Lumpur via Kota Kinabalu to Cebu twice a week, and twice Cebu-Kuala Lumpur direct as well. Qatar Airways meanwhile fly from Doha to Cebu three times weekly. Visitors may also pass through via Seoul-Incheon as Cebu Pacific has daily flights, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Philippine Airlines have a 4x a week flight to Cebu each. Taipei is another point of entry as China Airlines / Mandarin Airlines have a 2x weekly flight. Cebu Pacific has 2x weekly flight from Busan, while Asian Spirit has 3x weekly flight from Koror, Palau.


Cebu is also the domestic air hub of the Philippines with close to 60 flights daily on average to and from popular destinations and key cities all over the archipelago such as Manila, Kalibo, Puerto Princesa, Boracay, Clark, Siargao (Surigao), Zamboanga, Davao, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Camiguin, General Santos, and Leyte.


Visitors from North America, Europe, Middle East, and the rest of the world may fly first to Singapore or Hong Kong or Seoul or Kuala Lumpur or Doha to catch a flight to Cebu. If you don’t mind braving the horrendous traffic and the cacophonic noise of Manila, you will get a faster connection to Cebu, for there are more than 20 flights daily between the two cities or almost two flights every hour. There are also flights to Cebu from Clark International airport, from which there are further flights on discount airlines to Macau, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and other points.


Charter flights are also available in some select destinations especially China, Russia and the USA.


When you are done with the airport you are still not in Cebu, not even on Cebu island. You are on Mactan Island in Lapu-Lapu City. It takes about 20-30 minutes to get to the actual city of Cebu. From the Airport you will need to hire a taxi. If you are staying at one of the nicer hotels they usually can send a free van to pick you up at airport. If you forgot to ask for this you may find that the van of your hotel is there to pick someone else up and you can hitch a ride if there is room.


By Boat


How to get to Cebu by boat
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Cebu City’s domestic port is the country’s busiest. Cebu City is home to almost 80 percent of the country’s passenger vessels. The country’s largest namely WG&A, Sulpicio Lines, Trans-Asia, George & Peter Lines and Lorenzo Shipping Lines are headquartered in Cebu.


Large passenger ferries with a capacity of 2,000 to 4,000 passengers ply the more distant routes such as Manila, Davao, Butuan City, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro. Medium-sized vessels such as the roll-on/roll-off (roro) types ply nearer destinations while fast ferries transport passengers to and from neighboring islands in two hours or less depending on the destination.

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