Hoteliers issue SOS for Dominican capital’s famous Malecon
Tourism February 1, 2016 | 11:01 am
Santo Domingo.- Urban sprawl, poor street lighting, lack ofsafety and culverts figure among the difficulties facing the capital’s famousMalecon, some of which were criticized by the National Hote[...]
Jump of 9% buoys Dominican hoteliers, but doubts on 10M tourists linger
Tourism January 29, 2016 | 10:04 am
Santo Domingo.- The expectationfor Dominican Republic´s tourism sector, which grew nearly 9% in 2015, is continuedexpansion this year, as evidenced by the numerous projects announced during Ma[...]
Public Works to build piers for ferry in Samana
Tourism January 28, 2016 | 9:41 am
Santo Domingo.- PublicWorks minister Gonzalo Castillo on Wednesday said two piers will be built inSabana de la Mar and Samaná, to link the North Coast and the East region with boatsto ferry pa[...]
Flight brings Israeli tourists to Punta Cana starting Oct.
Tourism January 26, 2016 | 12:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- The numberof Israeli tourists arriving in Dominican Republic will increase this year whena charter flight will bring 277 passengers from Tel Aviv to Punta Cana inOctober, as tour op[...]
Cruise line “on the buff´ could boost tourism in Dominican Northeast
Tourism January 22, 2016 | 4:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- Withports-of-call from Coco Cay in the north to Martinique in the south, a cruisecompany offers a stop in the Dominican Republic beach town of Samana, just whenit needed to jumpstar[...]
Dominicans have no clue of their underwater world´s beauty
Tourism January 20, 2016 | 11:19 am
Santo Domingo.- Despiteliving on a half-an-island, the Dominican community is generally unaware of thepotential, beauty and magic of the underwater world around them, according to ascientific diver[...]
Tourism wealth coming ´soon´ to poor Dominican region
Tourism January 20, 2016 | 10:28 am
Madrid.- Tourism ministerFrancisco Javier García on Wednesday saidnew investment projects in southwestern Pedernales province, Dominican Republicwill be announced in “soon,” once the mast[...]
A tourist card should suffice for Chinese visitors: Hoteliers
Tourism January 19, 2016 | 2:30 pm
Santo Domingo.- DominicanRepublic Hotels and Tourism Association (ASONAHORES) president Simon Suarez on Tuesdayasked president Danilo Medina to include China on the list of countries whose national[...]
Hard Rock to build 40-story hotel in Dominican capital
Tourism January 13, 2016 | 8:40 am
Santo Domingo.- HardRock Hotel will build 40-story hotel in the capital and expects an impact similarto that of its upscale property in Punta Cana (east).
The announcement camefrom a group of[...]
US$300M seaside project could spur La Romana´s tourism
Tourism January 11, 2016 | 9:48 am
La Romana, Dominican Republic.-A project with the support of the Dominican and Spanish governments wouldprovide a 3-kilometer seaside boulevard to La Caleta, La Romana (east), expectedto spur the p[...]
Air Europa announces Santo Domingo-NY flight: EFE
Tourism January 11, 2016 | 9:17 am
Santo Domingo.- Spanishmogul Juan Jose Hidalgo on Sunday announced the expansion of the airline AirEuropa in Dominican Republic and a new Santo Domingo-New York route starting thisyear, EFE reports[...]
Nearly 700 charter flights herald Puerto Plata´s tourism revival
Tourism January 6, 2016 | 8:53 am
Puerto Plata.- Thefirst 71 of a total 698 charter flights that will soon be landing full of touristsfrom Canada, the US and Europe started arriving via Puerto Plata´s LuperonInternational Airp[...]
Govt. takes trash off exotic Dominican island, after complaints
Tourism January 5, 2016 | 4:43 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Environment Ministry on Tuesday said it removed around 650 sacks and bags of solid waste from several makeshift trash dumps near the town of Mano Juan, Saona island, part of Cot[...]
IDAC: 4.02% increase in flight operations, 98,088 flights and 12.3M passengers
Tourism December 29, 2015 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) director Alejandro Herrera on Tuesday said the 4.02% increase in flight operations from January to December this year lead to almost reachi[...]
Dominican Republic nearer as Air China opens direct flight to Havana
Tourism December 28, 2015 | 8:03 am
Santo Domingo.– With the direct route Beijing-Havana, the first route for Chinese carriers between China and Cuba which opened Sunday, the Dominican Republic is now nearer for Chinese travelers w[...]
CNN names Dominican Rep. world’s best snorkeling destination
Tourism December 26, 2015 | 12:10 am
Atlanta.– The Dominican Republic adds another nod to itsreputation this year after CNN named it world’s best snorkeling destination, arankings that was updated this month for the winter season.[...]
Dominicans start pouring out of the capital
Tourism December 23, 2015 | 3:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- Residentsof Greater Santo Domingo started to pour out of the city to inland towns indroves to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives.
Entire families packingbags and boxe[...]
Dominicans arrive to merengue, rum and cheer
Tourism December 23, 2015 | 1:11 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dozensof Dominicans living abroad continue to arrive to spend the holidays with lovedones in the country via Las Americas and other airports on Wednesday, welcomedto the beat of typ[...]
Tourism mogul hails training center, announces 4,000 new rooms
Tourism December 22, 2015 | 11:45 am
Santo Domingo.- Tourismmogul Frank Ranieri on Tuesday hailed the start of construction for aspecialized hospitality center, calling it an old dream of the east region´shoteliers, featuring mod[...]
Dominican rhythms, cuisine back to Epcot annual food & wine fest
Tourism December 21, 2015 | 3:38 pm
Orlando, PRNewswire.- The Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism was thrilled to return to the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – which celebrated its 20th anniversary Sept. 25-No[...]