Category : Dominican Republic

Students, Govt. workers clean up the famous Malecon

Santo Domingo.- The Public Works Ministry on Fri. held a clean-up day on the Malecón de la Capital, removing the trash piled along the coast in front of Fort San Gil (Obelisco Hembra). In the activity participated Public Works crews and officials, an...

Faith tourism the focus at annual Caribbean Tourism Exchange

Santo Domingo. – Oriented to promote religious tourism in the country, the Caribbean Tourism Exchange (BTC) will host its XXIII edition from June 27 to 29 at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel Convention Center, under the auspices of the Ministry of To...

Case closed: Dominican Republic recovers its most pristine beach

Santo Domingo.- The Executive Branch on Tues. received the deed of property that accredits the Dominican State as the legitimate owner of nearly 362 million square meters of land including Bahia de las Aguilas, which were in private hands in a case o...

Providence Journal: Rhode Island-Dominican flights coming this fall

Santo Domingo.- Providencejournal.com on Tuesday reported that T. F. Green Airport will have another try at nonstop flights to the Caribbean this fall, as Sun Country Airlines will begin service to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. “This follows...

Dominicans account for 10%+ of hotel occupancy and rising

Santo Domino.- Dominicans account for over 10% of hotel occupancy, a figure that is increasing because national visitors want to get to know the country’s numerous destinations. However, the figure from the Dominican tour operators association does n...

Health Tourism generated US $ 265.1 MM in 2018

Health tourism generated revenues of 265.1 million dollars to the Dominican Republic in 2018, some 34.6 million dollars more (15%) than the 230.6 million of the previous year, according to a study that had the auspice of several official agencies. Pr...

Forum aims to promote Santo Domingo’s tourism potential

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican capital since Tues. hosts the Forum of Pioneers, organized each year by France’s Escaet School of Tourism, with 120 leaders of business travel companies, as well as Meetings, Events and Conventions (MICE). The event R...

Damajagua’s 27 falls flow spectacular despite drought

Puerto Plata.- The drought that has parched the North Coast for several months hasn’t affected thus far the 27 fresh water ponds at Saltos de la Damajagua near Imbert, which boasts 52,000 visitors to April. Saltos administrator, Roberto Luis Gómez sa...

Dominican Republic among 10 most Googled from the US: Invertix

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic is a tourist destination of increasing interest to Americans. As evidenced by last year’s 2.2 million visitors from the US, Invertix reports. Giovanny Stella, Google manager for Colombia, Central America and the...

China moves to open direct flights to DR

The ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Zhang Run, said that the main road between that Asian country and the Dominican Republic should be the air, “the Dominican authorities have raised the importance of establishing direct fli...

An excursion to enthralling Samaná

Santo Domingo.- Samaná’s beauty goes beyond the “little colorful houses” that adorn the municipality’s western entrance. Outlet Listin Diario reports that it’s more than history; among many other attributes; it’s a visual delight that ent...

All hands needed for a cleaner, more attractive tourism

Santo Domingo.- To achieve a cleaner and more attractive Dominican Republic tourism there must be an alliance between citizens, the State and the private sector to make the changes and investments to eliminate the 358 open dumps and reap the benefits...

Bahía de las Águilas Master Plan ‘ready’ by June

Punta Cana.- The master plan to launch Bahía de las Águilas and Dominican Republic’s South region as the new tourist pole is expected to be ready in June. Finance minister, Donald Guerrero, on Wednesday said that when the Canadian company that was hi...

Santo Domingo, Gastronomic Culture Capital of the Caribbean

Santo Domingo (GLOBE NEWSWIRE). — This year, the Ibero-American Academy of Gastronomy unanimously voted Santo Domingo as the Gastronomic Culture Capital of the Caribbean for the second year in a row. For travelers looking to experience 2019’s m...

Cooperation agreement between Dominican Republic and Cuba covers tourist sector

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Vargas Maldonado and the Ambassador of Cuba in the Dominican Republic, Milagros Carina Soto Agüero, signed a framework agreement on technical, scientific, educational and cultural cooperation for the formulat...