Category : Dominican Republic

Banco Popular sponsors Health Tourism Congress

Press Release Santo Domingo.- Banco Popular Dominicano (BPD) sponsors the third edition of the private investment lunch within the framework of the 5th International Congress of Health and Wellness Tourism. BPD is ranked as the biggest private bank i...

Vuelco: the largest hotel company in the Caribbean is already making profits

One in two AMResorts hotels has stopped losing money and are already making a profit in Mexico, according to Alex Zozaya, Chairman of Apple Leisure Group (ALG), the hotel chain’s parent company. “Mexico has been more successful than other desti...

Music stars and Hollywood celebrities, fascinated with Miches

Artists and celebrities continue to be drawn to the Dominican Republic. Some of them have reserved and acquired properties in the flourishing tourism of the municipality of Miches, El Seibo province, where they have ordered luxury villa designs and a...

Dominican Republic extends tourism insurance coverage until April 30

THE MEASURE IS INTENDED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TOURISM RECOVERY PLAN. Free medical insurance also includes legal assistance for tourists. Visitors must check-in at a hotel to apply & The Dominican government announced extending the program through...

Hotel and villa occupancy almost to the maximum for Easter

Santo Domingo.– Finding villas and apartments for Easter has become an odyssey for many national tourists, who have decided to travel to the interior of the country at the last minute. According to the authorities and real estate agents in different...

Political leaders seek to eliminate tourist card entry fee for Dominicans living abroad

Santo Domingo.– The leader of Alianza País abroad, Luis Mayobanex Rodríguez, welcomed the initiative submitted in the Chamber of Deputies by deputy Iris Familia that seeks to modify Decree 430-17 so that Dominicans abroad are excluded from paying the...

Dominican Republic Tourism Promotion Office in Puerto Rico holds meeting with tour operators and travel agents

The director of the Dominican Republic’s Tourism Promotion Office in Puerto Rico, Berónica García, held a virtual meeting yesterday with Puerto Rican tour operators and travel agents. “The objective of the virtual meeting was to reinforce...

United Airlines’ Big Caribbean Expansion

As optimism grows in the travel industry, United Airlines is continuing to expand its Caribbean network. In fact, United Airlines will soon be flying more flights to the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America than it did in 2019 — before the pandemic...

United Airlines will resume all its flights to the Caribbean from May

United Airlines announced that it would resume all its routes, including Latin America and the Caribbean. The airline plans to exceed the 932 it made in the pre-academy to 971 flights; that is, it will have a 13% growth in its offer. The airline flie...

Humpback whale watching boosts tourism and economy of Samaná

THIS WAS NOTED BY THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT, ORLANDO JORGE MERA & & The humpback whale watching season is a natural tourist attraction that contributes to the economy of the coastal areas of Samaná thanks to the visit of foreign and l...

Tourist arrivals to the DR rebound in March: it will close with 230 visitors

THIS WAS STATED BY THE MINISTER OF TOURISM, DAVID COLLADO & & March will end with some 230,000 tourists, the most significant number of visits the Dominican Republic will have received after the start of the pandemic, said Tourism Ministe...

New American flights promoted between Charlotte and Samaná

The Tourism Promotion Office of the Dominican Republic in Miami (OPT Miami), American Airlines, the Samaná Tourism Cluster, and the Association of Hotels and Tourism Companies of Samaná ( Ahetsa ), held a virtual seminar to promote this tourist desti...