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I love it how this debate always sparks hundreds of pages of chat in which half of the people claim they are legal even if they pay the Exit fee and the other half say they're not. The reality is that there are easy-to-get residencies for anyone who has money regularly coming in from...

In the UK is is now pretty widely accepted that there can never be another full lockdown, because of the damage it has inflicted on the economy. Just to keep locking down and locking down has massive ramifications, particularly for a poor country like DR.

The North Coast has been on a steady decline for a number of years and property is notoriously hard to sell in Dom Rep. I think there are probably some bargains to be had, particularly for anyone brave enough to buy a business such as a bar, restaurant, small hotel. A friend of mine who is a...

The DR is trying to get the UK guests back but the UK government has left DR off its safe list, and put every other Caribbean country on. I can't see how you could expect tourists either to pay £100 each for a PCR test before their holiday, or to wait in line for maybe 4 hours on arrival to...

Yes there are, but they account for a tiny fraction of tourism. And their guests are benefiting from the low airfares that the AI model provides, so as you say, they are also cheap. DR is seen as a cheap destination that's its attraction. But without the volume everything will be way more...

The problem is that the Dominican tourism model is largely based on the concept of cheap and high quantity. What works in DR are 2000 bedroom hotels, planeloads of economy-class passengers getting all-inclusive at a bargain rate. From the UK the key metric is £1,000 per head for a week in...

I think that airlines are as important as a vaccine in determining how soon the country recovers. So many airlines on their knees, the big question is whether they will return to DR in the same numbers as before. Anyone on the north coast knows that the lack of flights coming into Puerto...

Or worse, for women a ban from shopping for a whole week.

For Brits we are advised against all non-essential travel to DR, so nobody would have travel insurance and very limited help available from the Embassy if they run into trouble. And a mandatory 14 day quarantine on return to the UK. Plus now the new requirement for a PCR test on arrival...

I think the official figure is 10% occupancy in the AI's in July, I was told that anyway. They have to have at least 50% occupancy to be sustainable, the AI model cannot work unless they get to this level.

Anyone who is American you mean. There are several billion people in the world who aren't American and we have lists of countries we can travel to, which don't include DR. For Brits for example, we can travel to anywhere in the Caribbean apart from DR.

Oh no that's different, what they are saying in the UK is that the virus will spread a lot easier in the winter months as it thrives in cold weather. So they are expecting a second spike in the winter.

The reality is that everyone is saying Covid will get worse in the winter months. At the moment almost all the traffic on planes is VFR (visiting friends and relatives) and those will put up with long waits and hassle at airports. But I just can't see tourists are going to be bothered to get...

This is the official Dominican Government travel site in English with the relevant info. It was forwarded to me by a friend who works in the Ministry of Tourism. https://www.drtravelcenter.com/

Fine for people in the US, what about us in Europe with long-haul flights which you have to book months in advance. How is that going to work in the winter?

Oh sorry, yes I forgot, a person with a clipboard. And 14 more on their phones all shouting over each other.

They will all gather round staring at the test and say "Bueeeeeeeennnnnnnno". And then frantically send messages to people on their phones, and another 50 people will gather round all staring at the result, and all say "Bueeeeeeennnnnnnno" and nobody will quite know what to do. And then...

I was thinking exactly the same thing, it's dangerous to wear a mask when doing physical exercise. As well as these masks being a complete waste of time.

I would like to suggest that this thread is moderated in a different way to other threads. Main input from Mike, skip the jokes and gossip, only allow posts relating to the facts, questions to Mike and answers, and stick to a tight agenda. It's going to be a very busy hurricane season. I...

Yes it is. Mike has already said neither of the new ones will bother us.