Category : Dominican Republic

AMResorts reaps great successes with its first golf invitation in Cap Cana

THE FUNDS WERE DONATED TO THE JUANILLO BASIC SCHOOL & The first AMResorts Invitational Golf Tournament in which 48 players participated, was held at Punta Espada Golf Course, with two unforgettable days of experience and activities of the notabl...

Authorities announce measures to reposition Sosúa tourism

CONSEQUENCE OF THE NEGATIVE IMAGE OF THE REGION & Different sectors of the Municipality of Sosúa met in a community meeting convened jointly by the City Hall, the Economic and Social Council, the Ministry of Tourism ( Mitur ) and the Public Mini...

DR exhibits its potential for cruises at the annual FCCA event

MORE THAN 20 CRUISE LINES PARTICIPATE IN THE CONCLAVE Segment captures more than one million visitors until September Mitur promotes the country’s offer from its space in stand B6 & The eminent growth that the cruise industry has had in...

Ernesto Veloz: “FBI report clears DR tourism from a false weight”

“With the report the negative cloud that settled on tourism will disappear” Augura tourism sector will resume growth & After the results of toxicological tests performed by the FBI on tourists who died in hotels in the country beca...

Dominican Republic hotels offer up to 67% discounts

Santo Domingo.- Four and five star hotels in the Dominican Republic are offering discounts ranging from 50 to 67% in the country’s most popular areas. The Expedia travel search engine shows a stay from today until Sunday (two nights) for two adults i...

People plant trees to rescue Northern Range springs

Santiago.- The Incorporated Development Association (APEDI) and the Energy and Mines Ministry headed a day of planting to rescue and restore the micro basins in the northern mountain range. The entities have already been planting trees in the Gurabo...

‘Ocean Dream’ kicks off cruise season at Santo Domingo port

Santo Domingo.- The 2019-2020 cruise season began in the city of Santo Domingo October 6, with the arrival of the cruise ship “Ocean Dream” and its more than 1,000 passengers and 500 crew from Japan. For this season the arrival of several luxury crui...

Negative media campaign against DR resulted in reduction of 100 thousand visitors to the DR from January—September 2019

4.2 MILLION IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2019 COMPARED TO 4.3 MILLION IN 2018 The sector recorded a cumulative drop in arrivals of 2.8% & During the first nine months of last year, the Dominican Republic received a little more than 4.3 million i...

Dominican Republic tourism a ‘total success’ at Argentina fair

Buenos Aires.- Dominican Republic’s participation was a “total success” at the Latin America International Tourism Fair (FIT), where it was a guest country. In this new version of the FIT held in this capital for four days, the Dominican Republic had...

Gov. to chop tourism promotion from US$81.1M to US$67.9M

Santo Domingo.- Despite the Tourism Promotion Offices’ (OPT) request of a larger budget to promote the Dominican Republic as a destination that has everything, in addition to the country’s recent crisis on its image abroad, the Dominican Government p...

Argentina sends ‘more and more’ tourists, leads LatAm

Buenos Aires.- Argentina has become one of the most important tourist origin countries for the Dominican Republic, ranking fourth in the world and first in all of Latin America. The numbers were provided by Tourism vice minister Fausto Fernández, who...

UPDATE: FBI delivers toxicological tests of deceased tourists to the Dominican Republic

ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN THE DR Prosecutor postponed the release of results Report will help dispel speculation about the facts & The results of toxicology tests performed on tourists who died in hotels in the Dominican Republ...

Big Dominican tourism projects announced in Paris

Paris.- After the third day of the IFTM / Top Resa 2019 tourism fair, the Dominican Republic achieves a good average participation with the announcement of new investments with the construction of four new hotels in the east region; Bayahibe, Miches...

A highland retreat readies to attract adventurous tourists

San Jose de las Matas, Dominican Republic.- Sajoma is fashionable and it is not by chance. The highland town, located in the south of Santiago province, has become an important and highly visited destination thanks to its unique ecotourism attraction...

An upbeat Dominican Republic attends Paris tourism fair

Paris.- The Dominican Republic began its participation in the Top Resa 2019 tourism fair inaugurated on Tuesday in Paris, where there are already 15 business meetings scheduled with the main players in the sector. Tourism Vice Minister Fausto Fernánd...