Dominican Republic hotels face high cost to clean up seaweed
Tourism October 6, 2015 | 7:57 am
Santo Domingo.- DominicanRepublic´s Hotels and Tourism Association (Asonahores) affirmed Monday thatregardless the high cost the hoteliers have to remove the seaweed washing ashoreat beaches a[...]
French carriers add five flights to Dominican Republic
Tourism September 30, 2015 | 4:47 pm
Paris.- Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia on Wednesdayannounced five new flights from two French airlines will fly to the DominicanRepublic in the next few months.
Garcia said theairl[...]
All fixed roads lead to new north coast cruise port
Tourism September 30, 2015 | 8:51 am
Puerto Plata.- PublicWorks minister Gonzalo Castillo and technicians and officials on Tuesday visitedseveral road works under construction in Puerto Plata, including the expansionto four lanes of t[...]
US, Dominican experts work to protect rare songbird
Tourism September 29, 2015 | 4:42 pm
Santo Domingo.- EnvironmentMinistry officials on Tuesday met with a high-level mission of the US Fish andWildlife Service to coordinate actions to protect the migratory bird Bicknell's Thrush which[...]
Dominican physicians seek investment in medical tourism
Tourism September 29, 2015 | 4:08 pm
Orlando, Florida.- Adelegation of public and private stressed Dominican Republic´s advantages,competitiveness and potential to establish and develop itself as an attractiveand safe destination[...]
SOS: Seaweed swamp eastern beaches
Tourism September 29, 2015 | 11:18 am
Santo Domingo.- A readerof outlet El Nuevo Diario on Tuesday complained that authorities have abandonedthe beaches at Bavaro, Punta Cana and Boca de Yuma (east) which are beingswamped by Sargasso s[...]
Dominican Republic: Caribbean’s leading destination by far
Tourism September 23, 2015 | 3:46 pm
Santo Domingo (PRNewswire).--Thanks to its efforts in the travel marketing space, Dominican Republic hassecured its position as the Caribbean's leading destination by a wide margin.The destination [...]
Four-lane road to new Carnival cruise port nearly done
Tourism September 22, 2015 | 8:37 am
Puerto Plata.-The PublicWorks Ministry on Monday pledged to within a week conclude the two-kilometerstretch of the total 8.4 kilometers of the Maimon-Puerto Plata road, whichforms the first stage o[...]
Florida business leaders look to invest in Puerto Plata´s tourism
Tourism September 17, 2015 | 7:56 am
Miami .- Numerous USbusiness leaders specialized in tourism traveled to the Dominican Republicmotivated by consul general in Florida Miguel Angel Rodriguez, to see firsthandthe Dominicans market[...]
IDB funds to tout Montecristi´s ecotourism attractions
Tourism September 15, 2015 | 11:56 am
Montecristi,Dominican Rep.- The National Competitiveness Council (CNC) through the InnovationAdvantage Competitive Development Program, has been working to position northwesternMontecristi province[...]
Conventions, weddings buoy Dominican tourism industry
Tourism September 15, 2015 | 8:01 am
Santo Domingo.- Tourismof conventions and weddings are the new markets that will boost DominicanRepublic´s tourism industry and diversify its offer in the coming years.
Turinter travelse[...]
All Dominican hands needed for world beach cleanup day
Tourism September 10, 2015 | 4:37 pm
Santo Domingo.-The Ministry of Environment and civil society organizations on Thursday calledfor a of beach of and river cleaning day across the country, and join dozens ofnations which will use vo[...]
Experts list Dominican Republic´s golf tourism woes, pluses
Tourism September 8, 2015 | 8:45 am
La Romana, Dominican Republic.-Among the numerous activities hosted at the DR Golf Travel Exchange 2015figured a specialized seminar to assess the experiences, projections and the sub-sector´s[...]
Dominican Republic basks in golf tourism boom
Tourism September 6, 2015 | 6:23 pm
La Romana, Dominican Republic.-Dominican Republic´s thriving tourism industry has yet another source of highend visitors as golf travel to the Caribbean nation jumped 40% last year, makingthe [...]
US$900M cruise tourism megaproject starts January: Diario Libre
Tourism September 4, 2015 | 8:19 am
Santo Domingo.- The transferof the Dominican Navy base from the harbor of ??San Souci next January willmark the start of the first phase of the tourism megaproject which seeks to makeSanto Domingo [...]
UN, IDB eye Santo Domingo´s Colonial Zone as tourism mecca
Tourism September 3, 2015 | 3:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- UNESCO´sWorld Heritage Center on Thursday hosted the 3rd “Workshop to develop a strategyto manage the Colonial City as a sustainable tourism destination", headedby World[...]
Govt.: 70,000 rooms ready to house twice the number of tourists
Tourism September 3, 2015 | 9:01 am
Santo Domingo.-Government communications director Roberto Rodriguez Marchena on Wednesday saidthe country has 70,000 hotel rooms poised to welcome twice the number of visitorsas last year.
He[...]
Dominican Rep. eyes Canada´s US$350M medical tourism market
Tourism September 2, 2015 | 8:20 am
Montreal.- Tourism Ministryon Tuesday said Dominican Republic has a new markets in medical care patientsfrom Canada, which hosted the " Canadian Medical Tourism DestinationHealth Trade Show.&q[...]
UK envoy sees future wealth, current misery on Haiti-Dominican border
Tourism September 1, 2015 | 12:32 pm
Pedernales, DominicanRepublic.- British ambassador Steven Fisher on Monday bid farewell to his post amida cordial stay in the southwestern region, impressed by its rugged coast andBahia de las Agui[...]
Carnival to revive Dominican Republic´s tourism juggernaut
Tourism September 1, 2015 | 11:32 am
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- It´s possible that when the world´s biggest cruise ship company named him its CEO in June, 2013, Arnold W. Donald had never heard of tiny Maimon, a sle[...]