Category : Touristic guide

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...

Cabarete, Puerto Plata’s must vibrant jewel

Cabarete, Dominican Republic.- Cabarete is a one of Puerto Plata’s myriad attractions and the national mecca whose waves and wind make way for the most exciting water sports: kitesurfing, surfing and windsurfing. It hosts important annual events of e...

Puerto Plata gets 326K of the 636K cruise ship tourists in first 4 months

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic has received 636,578 cruise ship visitors, of which 326,825, have arrived in the northern city of Puerto Plata, according to the Tourism Ministry. It said the second destination of the cruise passengers in that peri...

Exporters announce golf cup at La Romana’s breathtaking Dye Fore

Santo Domingo.- Casa de Campo’s breathtaking Dye Fore links in La Romana, will host the XV ADOEXPO 2019 Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 18, organized by the Dominican Exporters Association, to foster a spirit of cordiality among the business communi...

Enduro-Off Road rally aims to retrace Puerto Plata’s history

Santo Domingo. – The Enduro and Off Road Ride event will be staged at the archaeological site of Villa Isabela to retrace Puerto Plata’s history, as part of the third annual “Discovery Route 2019” next Saturday when over 250 competitors w...

Health tourism income jumps to US$265.0M in 2018

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s health tourism posted an average income of US$265.0 million during 2018, surpassing 2017 by US$34.6 million. The figures show that in 2018 there was an marked increase in spending by international patients for med...

New opportunities for Caribbean tourism industry discussed at ECLAC meeting

News Release Port of Spain.- Caribbean countries have taken important steps toward upgrading and diversifying their tourism sector. Efforts have also focused on diversification, with the development of new product niches in areas such as eco and natu...

Dominican Republic tourism thrives despite rough waters

Santo Domingo.- The arrival of more tourists from the United States, Canada and Panama compensated for the decline in the number of visitors from Europe and South America. Central Bank data show that 1.87 million tourists entered by air at the end of...

Locals ask why was the road to Bahía de las Águilas closed

Pedernales, Dominican Republic.- Residents of Pedernales on Thurs. asked the Public Works and Environment ministries to explain the closing of a span of the road that leads to the beach at Bahía de las Águilas, by Italian Aldo Meroni who is building...