Pretty sure there's not many on DR1 now who remember the Long Beach Hotel.
I still have pictures of the bungalows.Pretty sure there's not many on DR1 now who remember the Long Beach Hotel.
I believe the drive from puerto plata to Santiago cibao is around 45 minutes. I don’t think it’s catering with the typical two week holiday tourist in mind, but rather all those Dominican people from Santiago and all the near by areas who hate flying to airports in places in Punta Cana and Santo Domingo area where most of the European carriers arrive. It seems Puerto Plata the nearest airport to the Santiago area with flights to European destinations has less and less flights each year. So it’s like that a direct flight from Santiago to Germany or wherever in Europe is highly welcomed by those travelers who hate having to fly into Punta Cana, Santo Domingo and sometimes to La Romana. The travel experience into the Santiago airport is way different than to the other major tourist airports. Where several wide body jets From Europe arrives/depart around the same time therefore taking a long time. Santiago airport is usually way less busy and for those who are visiting Santiago can be in and out of the airport in less than an hour and then be in their family Home in 15 minutes. This is a huge difference. Also keep in mind that revenue to some destinations comes from cargo more so that passengers. I recall a time where the travel industry thought it was crazy to have flights from Panama or the Turks and Caicos , we’ll it turned out that Santiago is one of the most popular routes for Copa Airlines.
1000% sure was only 2 flights while a portion of the POP runway was fix it and repave.
