Category : Dominican Republic

People: high tolls on Santo Domingo-Samaná road hurts tourism

Samana’, Dominican Republic.- Community organizations and neighborhood associations of the Northeast want a Chamber of Deputies legislation to reduce what they say are high tolls charged on the Santo Domingo-Samaná highway. In the legislative f...

Colonial Zone gets 682K visits in 2017 on investment

Santo Domingo.- Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone posted 682,000 visits in 2017, Tourism Ministry Colonial City Promotion Program director, Maribel Villalona revealed Thurs. She said Tourism’s investment of US$31. 5 million in the ‘Zon...

Govt. is blamed for beach erosion in Punta Cana

Santo Domingo.- El Cortecito Owners and Merchants Association president Ariel Carreras on Wed. blamed the Government for the beach degradation in that area of Punta Cana and of failing to prevent the construction of buildings within 60 meters of publ...

Puerto Plata’s 100K+ cruise passengers sustain tourism boom

Puerto Plata.- Over 100,000 cruise passengers have visited the province pioneer in tourism during the first months this year, consuming more than US$4.0 million, exceeding RD$ 200.0 million, North Coast deputy Tourism minister, Julio Almonte affirmed...

Visitors and tourists arrive for Easter break

Las Americas International Airport, Santo Domingo.- Thousands of foreign tourists and Dominicans who live overseas are arriving in the country on scheduled and charter flights to spend Semana Santa on vacation and spend time with their friends and re...

Court action to prevent Cueva de Las Maravillas land donation

Santo Domingo.- The Justice and Transparency Foundation (Finjus) has filed a writ at the Superior Administrative Court against the planned transfer of 10,400,000 square meters of land that includes La Cueva de las Maravillas to the foundation that ma...

Dominican Republic proposes new World Heritage sites

Santo Domingo.- The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is proposing the following areas for consideration as future UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Silver Bank Marine Mammal Sanctuary and the Pre-Columbian Cave Art in the Dominican Republ...

Semana Santa beach closures

Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) and the Civil Defense announced the closures of 206 beaches and swimming spots across the country during the Easter vacation period. The ban is imposed to protect swimmers from polluted areas, dan...

New airline to fly to Las Americas, Punta Cana airports

Panama.- Dominican ambassador, Rafael Tejeda, on Thurs. announced the start of operations by Turpial Airlines, with flights to Las Americas and Punta Cana airports. At a Panama City ceremony the Dominican diplomat hailed the decision by Turpail’...

Dominican diplomats will tout the country’s tourism charms

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s foreign service offices abroad will promote their country’s tourist attractions, the ministers of Tourism and of Foreign Affairs announced Wed.. Francisco Javier García, and Miguel Vargas signed an ag...

The Taiwanese are coming, from New York: EFE

Santo Domingo.- Taiwanese tour operators based in New York are visiting the Dominican Republic to explore business opportunities in tourism, the Caribbean country’s main source of income, EFE reports. The delegation, which will be in the countr...

Fair aims to launch the Southwest Tourism Corridor

Barahona, Dominican Republic.- Barahona province is poised to become the Southwest’s center for trade and tourism development, as evidenced by Friday’s inaugural of the second annual Tourism and Production Fair at the Catholic University...

International Health and Wellness Tourism Congress announces agenda

Press Release Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Health Tourism Association (ADTS) and AF Comunicación Estratégica presented the agenda of the 4th International Health and Wellness Tourism Congress, which will take place from September 5 to 7 at the Hotel...

New airline means more Panama-Dominican Republic flights

Santo Domingo.- businessman Stanley Motta, owner of airline Copa Airlines, on Thurs. told Dominican ambassador in Panama, Rafael Tejeda, that starting next year, the new airline Wingo, a unit of his group, will operate several flights to the country....

Deputy asks that Medina not donate cavern-ridden National Park

Santo Domingo.- Opposition deputy Fidel Santana on Wed. asked president Danilo Medina to immediately suspend the donation of Cueva de las Maravillas National Park to a foundation headed by the Popular bank group. The also president of the Frente Amp...