Category : Dominican Republic

No more low season: Puerto Plata hotel occupancy at 69%+

Puerto Plata.- Hotel occupancy in Puerto Plata province exceeds 69%, according to Tourism Ministry figures. It said the destination received 427,470 cruises tourists to May 31, and whose consumption contributed to the Dominican economy, US$12.1 milli...

US congressman Espaillat to meet with Dominican tourism leaders, Gov. officials

Press Release NEW YORK, NY – Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will visit the Dominican Republic as a tourist from July 1-6, where he will enjoy the country’s tourist attractions with his family as he does annually. Congressman Espail...

China’s largest airline could start flights to DR

The Chinese airline Hainan Airlines, private capital and the largest air service of the People’s Republic of China, could soon begin to exploit the route from that Asian nation, to the Dominican Republic. With that purpose, the president of the...

74% reduction in purchases of air tickets from the United States to DR after death of tourists

From June 1 to June 19, 2019, the purchase of flights from the United States to the Dominican Republic, corresponding to dates between July and August, was reduced by 74 percent compared to the same period in 2018. According to a study by Forward Key...

Por qué es famosa la República Dominicana

¿Por qué es famosa la República Dominicana? ¿Estas confundido? Entonces este artículo te ayudará, léelo detenidamente. La República Dominicana es un país maravilloso desde donde desearás traer tantos recuerdos como sea posible. Los recuerdos que se...

A Colombia-Costa Rica-Dominican Rep.-Panama bloc to draw Chinese

Panama (EFE).- A proposal to promote a multi-destination exchange with Colombia, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic is one of the strategies analyzed by Panama to attract more tourists from China, Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) administrator Gusta...

Army pulls nearly 2 tons of trash from Santo Domingo’s Malecón

Santo Domingo.- The Army on Wed. said that together with the ministries of Public Works and Environment, collected over 7,000 pounds of waste from the beach on the South Coast of Santo Domingo’s Malecón. It said Army commander Estanislao Gonell order...

Tourism readies to receive Chinese visitors

Santo Domingo.- The Government of China has initiated a program with the Dominican Tourism Ministry to facilitate the arrival of Chinese tourists to the Dominican Republic as part of the agreements between both nations. A Chinese delegation, headed b...

480 new flights start arriving next week, mostly from US

Santo Domingo.- Civil Aviation Board (JAC) president Luis Ernesto Camilo, on Tues. announced that 480 flights will arrive in the Dominican Republic through the various airports next week, mostly from North American cities. Camilo said that 6.7 millio...

Bahía de las Águilas has a tourism development project

Santo Domingo.- The Canadian company Lemay and the Pedernales Fiduciary Committee on Tues. presented the Province’s tourism development project, including Bahía de las Águilas to president Danilo Medina. The proposed model for Pedernales is an eco-to...

UN, City Council pact fight against child prostitution in Colonial Zone

Santo Domingo.- The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the National District City Council (ADN) on Monday agreed to confront sexual exploitation of children with the support of hotels and restaurants in Santo Domingo. The “Mi Zon...

American tourist deaths in the DR: a ground-level perspective

Renn Loren & There’s a surrealistic yellow-peach weird glow to the eerily hazy cloud-strewn summer sky imparted by high altitude particulates launched by dust storms in the Sahara 5,928 km (3,683 miles) across the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The...

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is criticized on social networks after comment equating DR to Syria during interview

Users of social networks criticized the comedian and late night television host Jimmy Kimmel, after allegedly comparing the Dominican Republic with Syria, during an interview yesterday on his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! During an interview with actor...

Dominican Republic has ‘nothing to hide’

Santo Domingo.- Tourism minister, Francisco Javier García, on Fri. said the Dominican Republic has nothing to hide and awaits the results of an in-depth investigation into the deaths of nine tourists between May and June. “There has been a medi...

US media: threats to tourists in Dominican Rep. could be overblown

Santo Domingo.- The US State Department said threats to tourists could be exaggerated in the Dominican Republic, which is besieged by almost daily reports of mysterious diseases and deaths, according to US media. Citing the report, the New York Post...