Road to Puerto Plata’s Carnival cruise terminal ready by October
Tourism July 23, 2015 | 8:13 am
Santo Domingo.- The first stage of the Maimon-PuertoPlata highway will be ready in October as the work to expand the north coastroute runs smoothly.
The Public Works Ministry said the road wi[...]
Dominican Republic National Park honors first of Taino rebels
Tourism July 21, 2015 | 11:10 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Park National Park of the East will now bear the name of Cotubanamá, one of the first Taino Indian chiefs to wage war against the Spanish colonizers on Hispaniola [...]
Carnival’s proposed bike lane for tourists in Puerto Plata splits locals
Tourism July 21, 2015 | 10:33 am
Puerto Plata.- Thecruise ship company Carnival’s proposal to "privatize" one lane of PuertoPlata’s Malecon (seaside boulevard) to make it safer for tourists on bicycles hassplit the [...]
Talks widen on Colonial-era historic site redo
Tourism July 20, 2015 | 11:04 am
Santo Domingo.- Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garciaheaded a meeting Sunday to talk with the various sectors interested in theproject to restore the Ruinas de San Francisco historic landmark, p[...]
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.
Rafa[...]
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.
Accor[...]
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[...]
