Over 160,000 readers of Budget Travel magazine voted the Dominican Republic as the best Value Destination. Budget Travel’s Editor in Chief, Nina Willdorf, announced on NBC’s The Today Show on 29 July that the DR won the Readers Choice Award. The magazine’s readers recognized the DR as an affordable and easily-accessible destination for US travelers.
Nina Willdorf, Budget Travel editor, noted, “Budget Travel readers are always looking for affordable, exotic vacation ideas and the DR was the clear front-runner in the category for best value destination. The DR is an easy island escape that’s close to home.”
“With eight international airports, the DR is an easy, direct flight from most major US gateways. With sophisticated cities, resort communities and charming towns and villages in a country with warm, friendly people, the DR is receiving accolades from many top travel organizations as a must-see destination,” Deputy Minister of International Promotion Magaly Toribio explains.