Category : Dominican Republic

Automated passport system to benefit Dominican, Puerto Rican ferry passengers

San Juan, Puerto Rico – US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Friday, along with the vessel operator of Ferries del Caribe <http://www.ferriesdelcaribe.com/> , the implementation of the first Automated Passport Control<http...

Transport bosses defend east coast monopoly

Santo Domingo.- Representatives of the inter-urban passenger bus service in the eastern province of La Altagracia called off their strike planned for Wednesday following a meeting headed by the executive director of the National Institute for Land Tr...

At over 95% finished, Colonial Zone readies major launch

Santo Domingo.- With over 500 businesses opening their doors since 2012, street lighting, undergrounding cables, revitalized houses and monuments, and the public spaces recovered, are the main achievements of the Colonial City’s (Zone) Tourism...

High expectations from South region tourism project

Santo Domingo.- The Tourism Ministry promotes the Puntarena tourism project as Dominican Republic’s next prime resort region, comparing it to Punta Cana. The construction of the property, called Playa Los Corbanitos, near Bani, Peravia provinc...

Pico Duarte facilities refurbished

Santo Domingo.- Ecotourism trails and facilities in Pico Duarte, the highest mountain peak in the Caribbean and the main attraction in the Armando Bermúdez and José del Carmen Ramírez National Parks have undergone repair and improvement works as part...

Growth boost for Dominican tourism

Madrid.- The planned construction of twenty-thousand new hotel rooms was one of the achievements announced at the 38th International Tourism Fair (FITUR) which concluded yesterday in the Spanish capital. Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García descr...

New power plant for east coast

Madrid.- The Punta Cana-Macao Energy Consortium (CEPM) will invest US$140 million in a 90 megawatt power generation plant in the Bávaro area. It is expected to be completed by November 2018, as well as a solar electricity park. The new power generati...

Resort wanted 45-floor high-rises, we gave them 22: Tourism

Madrid.- Dominican Republic Tourism minister, Francisco Javier García, on Thurs. said the govt. only enforces the territorial zoning over the planned high-rises in Cap Cana and Macao (east), as agreed with the National Hotels and Tourism Association...

Dominican Republic, 22nd best country to retire

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic ranks 22nd on the list of the best countries for people to retire, according to the magazine internationalliving.com. The research took into account factors such as purchases and investment, rent, benefits, residenc...

Cap Cana restructures US$364.0M debt as beach high-rises loom

New York.- The group Cap Cana SA completed a debt restructuring for US$364.0 million, according to a press release issued in New York on Monday. The announcement comes just one week after the Tourism Ministry and the Dominican Republic Hotels and Tou...

Dominican official refutes US’ ‘travel risk’ label

Santo Domingo.- Tourism Ministry spokesman, Napoleón de la Cruz on Fri. rebuffed the US State Dept.’s assertion that American travelers should be ‘careful’ when visiting the Dominican Republic as tourists, calling it one of the safe...

How a US$1.3B investment trumped the East’s ‘strict zoning’

Santo Domingo.- When on May 19, 2017 Tourism minister, Francisco Javier García, visited the east region, he included Macao beach in his tour. Once there, he promised stricter regulations, on a “technical study” that would lead to “i...

They’re back!: humpback whales frolic, birth and mate

Samana, Dominican Republic.- As every year, humpback whales, the Atlantic’s most charismatic species is found in Dominican waters to frolic in the still warm waters, give birth and mate. Although the official whale-watching season starts in Jan...

Dominican Republic allows 22-floor high-rises near beaches

Santo Domingo.- Tourism minister Francisco Javier García on Wed. announced that from now the construction of high-rises as tall as 22 floors will be allowed in Punta Cana (east). The bombshell announcement comes after weeks of reports of a standoff p...

Big challenge: Swim safely in the capital’s rivers by 2030

Santo Domingo.- Just a year ago the Environment Ministry issued a deadline to the companies which gutted boats for scrap metal on Santo Domingo’s Ozama and Isabela rivers, whose operations polluted those bodies of water. Barely 12 months since...