Category : Dominican Republic

Hotel Association of Santo Domingo and ADTS Sign Medical Travel Agreement

Santo Domingo.- The Hotel Association of Santo Domingo and the Dominican Health Tourism Association signed an inter-institutional agreement for the promotion and development of Medical Travel in Santo Domingo. According to a press release, Dr. Alejan...

Dominican Republic chosen as Russian leisure fair sponsor

The Dominican Republic has been named official sponsor of the 24th edition of the OTDYKH Leisure 2018 Fair to take place in Moscow, on September 11-13, at the Expocentre Fairgrounds. Following the island’s success in the last edition of OTDYKH, the D...

How to develop tourism in Dominican Republic’s Southwest

Pedernales, Dominican Republic.- The development of Pedernales’ (southwest) tourism offer faces the hurdles of connectivity, little diversification, trash, lack of infrastructure and quality personnel, as well as a high informality. The stateme...

Visitor arrivals to Dominican Republic rose 6.14% in first half

Santo Domingo.- The arrival of visitors to the Dominican Republic rose 6.14% in the first half, sparked by the entry of non-resident Dominicans. According to Central Bank data, between January and June, 3,440,805 tourists entered the country by air,...

Hoteliers praise trash cleanup but warn of impact

Santo Domingo.- Santo Domingo Hotels Association (AHSD) president Roberto Henríquez on Mon. praised the effort by the National District City Council, the Public Works Ministry and other authorities to clean up the oceanfront Malecón, after tons of tr...

The country received 3.4M tourists to June, a 6.1% jump

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic received 3.4 million tourists from January to June, a 6.1% jump, according to Central Bank figures. The Bank’s website says including residents and non-residents, 3.7 million arrived passengers by air from Jan...

Spanish mogul announces ambitious tourism projects

Santo Domingo.- Spanish mogul Juan José Hidalgo on Wed. announced the construction of apartments in Boca Chica, plans a 1,000-room hotel in Bayahibe and aims to create a new tourism development in Cumayasa. The CEO of Air Europa and Globalia is the f...

Push to turn Boca Chica Port into cruise terminal gathers steam

Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.- The movements at Port Andrés, Boca Chica, are very limited with just two freighters docking three times a month, fueling the people’s interest to turn it into a cruise terminal. Port administrator Anibal Rosario...

Dominican Rep. must promote medical, dental tourism

Press Release Dental travel in the Dominican Republic is a subsector of health tourism that is in dynamic growth and expansion. The Dominican Republic is a desirable tourist destination that has been consolidating and improving in the international r...

Boca Chica Port could be Dominican Republic’s 5th cruise terminal

Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.- Business and municipal sectors of Boca Chica on Wed. asked president Danilo Medina, to turn the Port of Andres into the country’s fifth tourist cruise terminal to weekly receive ships with visitors, to boost the...

Major Caribbean venue embraces religious tourism

Press Release Santo Domingo. – Dedicated to showcase the religious tourism of the peoples of the region and with the participation of 75 national and international exhibitors and 40 local and regional tour operators, the Caribbean Tourism Excha...

China sets rules to let its tourists visit Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.- The path to draw tourists from China to the Dominican Republic seems to be less expeditious than has been thought in various areas thus far. Judging from some points that -especially on the Chinese side are beginning to pose- a series...

Medina sees a hurdle-free Central America-Caribbean tourism

Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Wed.raised the need to eliminate the hurdles that prevent a tourist visiting a Central American or Caribbean country, from traveling other nations. “It’s a necessity to be able to eliminate the b...

Dominican Republic, an official destination for Chinese tourists

Beijing.- The Government of China declared the Dominican Republic as a tourist destination for its citizens, which allows that Asian country’s tour operators to include it in their vacation offers. The prevailing socialist system in that nation...

More tourists from North America, fewer from Europe

Santo Domingo.- The number of tourists who arrived in the Dominican Republic by air climbed 5.8% in the January-May period, with 2.9 million, the Central Bank said on Mon. It also notes a decline on the arrival of tourists from Europe. The Central B...