ADMISSION PROCEDURES FOR FOREIGN SHIPS
Admittance into the Galapagos Islands for non-commercial foreign tourist ships carrying visitors to the Galapagos National Park is restricted to cases that are authorised as an exception by the Director of the Galapagos National Park.
For ships with a capacity greater than 30 passengers with a limit of up to 90, permission from the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park will be required notwithstanding permission granted by the Ministry of National Defence.
Under no circumstances will new foreign commercial ships be authorised for new tourism operations in the Galapagos National Park. Under no circumstances will foreign commercial boats for tourism operations be allowed in the Galapagos National Park.
Admittance of foreign boats into the Galapagos Islands for scientific research at the Galapagos National Park or Galapagos Marine Reserve will be granted by the Park Director with a prior exhaustive analysis of the Project and after establishing their need and convenience for the conservation purposes of the Park and Marine Reserve, notwithstanding what is established in the Fishing and Fishing Development Law.
Foreign ships referred to in this chapter must submit a request to the Park Director, as the case may be, and obtain permission prior to taking off from the continental port to the Galapagos.
All authorised foreign ships must submit to inspections, quarantines, and fumigation at the last point of origin prior to arrival at the Galapagos Islands. In all cases, admittance of foreign ships should have prior permission from DIGMER and other national authorities with jurisdiction, with special observance of the pertinent provisions of the National Security Law.
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