Colonial-era ruins’ planned redo pits modernists, purists
Tourism July 17, 2015 | 11:07 am
Santo Domingo.- The architect in charge of restructuringthe Ruinas de San Francisco on Thursday said every square inch of the Colonial-eramonastery’s stone or brick will be left as is.
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Dominican hoteliers eye US$300.0M highway to drum up business
Tourism July 16, 2015 | 8:34 am
Santo Domingo.- The major executives of the Playa Dorada hotels on Wednesday proposed a new road to link Santiago and Puerto Plata province, to reduce the time and cost for motorists headed to the [...]
American Airlines announces 3 new routes to Dominican Republic
Tourism July 14, 2015 | 2:43 pm
Santo Domingo.- American Airlines on Tuesday announced threenew routes to Dominican Republic, as part of its commitment to the expand inLatin America and the Caribbean.
American Airlines Domi[...]
Dominican hoteliers need not fear Sargasso Seaweed
Tourism July 14, 2015 | 11:50 am
Santo Domingo.- An Environment Ministry official on Tuesday said Dominican Republic’s hoteliers have no reason to panic over the seaweed reaching the beaches from the Sargasso Sea, south of Bermu[...]
Hilton to build US$14.0M hotel in Dominican capital
Tourism July 10, 2015 | 11:58 am
Santo Domingo.- The tourism project Homewood Suites by Hilton Santo Domingo will be built at a cost of RD$630 million (US$14.0 million), adding 120 new rooms to the Dominican capital and will creat[...]
Medina must halt use of taxpayer money for politicking: Political action group
Tourism July 9, 2015 | 12:41 pm
Santo Domingo.- The political action group Nueva Democracia (new democracy) on Wednesday demanded that president Danilo Medina take concrete steps and go beyond the usual official rhetoric and ban [...]
Sosua diving schools preserve seabed, clean reefs, beaches
Tourism July 8, 2015 | 4:17 pm
Sosua, Puerto Plata.- Sosua diving schools over theweekend held the second marine ecology preservation effort throughout the area, cleaning reefs and the seabedof the community’s beach, an init[...]
Gays fest their day and slam the government
Tourism July 6, 2015 | 12:10 pm
Santo Domingo.- The 8th annual National LGBT Pride 2015 motorcade wound its way through Greater Santo Domingo on Sunday with the massive support by the public, especially from residents of the cit[...]
Canada sends 800,000 tourists yearly
Tourism July 6, 2015 | 10:40 am
Santo Domingo.- The Canadian Embassy’s chief of staff on Sunday lauded the good trade relations with the Dominican Republic, which he affirms is Ottawa’s most important economic partner in Lat[...]
800,000 Canadian tourists visit Dominican Republic a year
Tourism July 4, 2015 | 12:10 am
Santo Domingo.– A total of 800,000 tourists arrive each year in the Dominican Republic, according to data released Friday by Canadian Embassy commercial attaché Aladin Legault.
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UN US$2.8M+ project helps conserve biodiversity of coasts
Tourism July 3, 2015 | 9:51 am
Santo Domingo.- The ministries of the Environment and of Tourism on Thursday signed an agreement with the UN Development Program (UNDP) to secure the long-term protection of the biodiversity along [...]
The hidden treasures of a quiet southern city: Listin
Tourism July 2, 2015 | 9:42 am
Bani, Dominican Republic.- Dominican Republic is best known for beautiful beaches, perennial sun and the Colonial City. But from coast to coast, the island is home to vastly diverse ecosystems. [...]
Carnival Cruises ‘won’t regret’ Dominican port investment
Tourism May 29, 2015 | 5:15 pm
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Friday told Carnival Cruise Line executives they won’t regret their investment to build the Amber Cove Cruise Port in Maimon, on Domi[...]
Carnival Cruises ‘won’t regret’ Dominican port investment
Tourism May 29, 2015 | 5:15 pm
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Friday told Carnival Cruise Line executives they won’t regret their investment to build the Amber Cove Cruise Port in Maimon, on Domi[...]
Sosua diving schools, volunteers to head massive beach cleanup
Tourism May 29, 2015 | 10:39 am
Sosua, Dominican Republic.- A group of Sosua diving schools and volunteers will host an environmental awareness day next Monday June 1, to clean up Sosua beach’s seafloor and remove the surface t[...]
Sosua diving schools, volunteers to head massive beach cleanup
Tourism May 29, 2015 | 10:39 am
Sosua, Dominican Republic.- A group of Sosua diving schools and volunteers will host an environmental awareness day next Monday June 1, to clean up Sosua beach’s seafloor and remove the surface t[...]
Making tourism accessible to the physically challenged
Tourism May 28, 2015 | 5:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- The 1st annual Congress on Accessible Tourism in Dominican Republic opened Thursday to publicize the need to increase the number of foreign visitors with special physical conditions[...]
Making tourism accessible to the physically challenged
Tourism May 28, 2015 | 5:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- The 1st annual Congress on Accessible Tourism in Dominican Republic opened Thursday to publicize the need to increase the number of foreign visitors with special physical conditions[...]
Journalists’ guild to push tourism for the poor
Tourism May 22, 2015 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Tourism Press Association (ADOMPRETUR) president Jose Luis Chavez on Thursday said they’ll be involved in all initiatives which promote the country’s social tourism, f[...]
Journalists’ guild to push tourism for the poor
Tourism May 22, 2015 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Tourism Press Association (ADOMPRETUR) president Jose Luis Chavez on Thursday said they’ll be involved in all initiatives which promote the country’s social tourism, f[...]