Category : Dominican Republic

Puerto Plata’s Damajagua Falls enjoys 9 consecutive years establishing visitation records

PUERTO PLATA A Total of 120,000 hikers visited the jumps Damajagua Natural Monument in 2019 exceeding the visitation during the same period received in 2018 by 4%. The information was Offered by Roberto Luis Gómez Santana who is the administrator of...

Celebrities enjoy New Year in Punta Cana and Casa de Campo

Celebrities from the world of cinema, the show and the international jet set enjoyed New Year celebrations in the country, housed in the Casa de Campo world resort. The former president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, spent the end of the year at Tort...

120K hikers visit Puerto Plata’s breathtaking cascades

Puerto Plata.- A whopping 120,000 hikers visit the 27 cascades Saltos de La Damajagua Natural Monument in 2019, or 4% more than during the same period in 2018. The administrator Roberto Luis Gómez said that the ecotourism attraction located in the...

Puerto Plata flexes cruise tourism muscle

Santo Domingo .– Two ships with 8,126 passengers and crew on board arrived at the Amber Cove terminal (Bahia Maimon, Puerto Plata) on the first day of 2020, highlighting the strength of the provinces’ cruise tourism. The majestic cruises of Car...

Clintons, Mariah Carey welcome 2020 at Punta Cana

Punta Cana. – Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton celebrated in Punta Cana the end of the year away from the frigid cold of New York and Washington. The Clinton family has visited the Domini...

The 10 DR ecotourism attractions most visited by travelers in 2019

Because of the particular beauty that characterizes each of them, ten of the 128 protected areas that are part of the Natural Heritage of the Dominican Republic were the most visited by foreign and domestic tourists. From January to December 2019, vi...

Hotel occupancy in the country is around 75%

Santo Domingo, DR & Although the numbers are very variable, the hotel occupancy rate in the country, at this time, is around 75%, according to statements offered by the president of the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republi...

Cruise tourism has been constantly growing in the DR, according to data

PUERTO PLATA.- According to reports from the Central Bank, cruise tourism has continued to grow in the Dominican Republic, where the fate of Puerto Plata takes supremacy. With the modern Amber Cove cruise terminal, located in Maimon Bay, in the west...

Health tourism contributes more than RD $ 13 billion to the Dominican economy

& The present balance of health tourism in the Dominican Republic during 2019 Ask to reduce infections associated with medical care, establish and comply with the protocol Ensures the formalization and implementation of the health tourism counc...

United Airlines celebrates 30 years of presence in the Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO. -United Airlines, the airline with the most complete route network in the world, celebrated its 30 years of operations in the Dominican Republic. “We are committed to this country and will continue to provide our customers with a...

“The Real DR” campaign with stories and testimonials from real tourists

A few months ago the Ministry of Tourism ( Mitur ) launched “ The Real DR ” (The Real RD), a campaign of repositioning of the Dominican destination and the experience of vacationing in the Dominican Republic. “The Real DR” features actu...

JetBlue, American and Delta top ranking of airlines in RD

JETBLUE AIRLINE STRENGTHENS ITS LEADERSHIP IN PASSENGER TRAFFIC TO THE COUNTRY Air Transat is listed as the most active Canadian line, according to the JAC United shows its potential, being the fastest growing in the DR & The airlines that hav...

Coral reef restoration efforts in Dominican Republic

SeaPro Divers Collaboration with Coral Mania 2019 by Mia Mariotti & Punta Cana- Coral Mania 2019 took place in November in an effort to restore the health of coral reefs in Punta Cana-Bavaro. A project led by Dominican Consortium Of Coastal Re...

The pioneer of Punta Cana delays the tourist industry recovery of DR to April

The president of the Puntacana Group, Frank Rainieri, admitted that tourism had a slight decline due to the past threats and crises that impacted him in 2019, however, he predicted an optimistic outlook anchored in the quality and delivery of all Dom...

Frontier will operate daily flight between Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo from April

THE AIRLINE STRENGTHENS ITS EXPANSION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Add 25 new nonstop routes from March 2020 & Frontier Airlines will add 25 new nonstop routes from March 2020, and will also operate daily flights from San Juan (Puerto Rico) to San...