1996 Travel News Archive – Page 21

According to the Ministry of Tourism, some 2,100,000 tourists traveled to the D.R. by air during 1995, resulting in a 77 percent occupancy in hotels and producing RD$1,579.4 million in revenue. The Ministry also reported that the number of hotel rooms grew by 4% last year, from 28,967 to 30,000. As of 30 November, some …

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The new president of the Association of Airlines in the Dominican Republic asked presidential candidates to explain their position on the country’s commercial aviation policy. José T. Ares, the new president of the Association, said that the further development of commercial air business in the country is burdened by heavy taxes and other constraints. Mr …

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According to statistics provided by the Asociación de Líneas Aéreas de la República Dominicana for 1995, the movement at the different airports was as follows: Airport Flights Passengers Las Americas 21,016 1,710,328 Punta Cana 5,771 581,950 Puerto Plata 5,540 666,485 La Romana 2,047 47,384 Santiago 1,360 30,870

In a press conference held in Puerto Plata last week, executives of Alas Nacionales defended the operation of airlines in the Dominican Republic. They explained that the only jet owned by Alas Nacionales is the HI-660 CA, certified by the local Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, and that the Boeing 757 that crashed was the …

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The Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil has suspended the licenses of Taesa and Air Europe flights on the grounds that they have not deposited all the required documents. The measure affected large groups of Europeans who were forced to seek alternative ways of leaving the country. Taesa and Air Europe had been exploiting the rights …

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The president of the Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional and other key figures in the municipality of Santo Domingo are proposing that the city’s council, health authorities and the National Police create a “red light” zone, i.e. an area where prostitution is tolerated. Dr. Andrés Henríquez, president of the Ayuntamiento and engineer Miguel Sanz Jiminián and …

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The man who starred as Balbuena in the record-making film “Nueba Yol”, Luisito Martí, has been named the Rey Califé of the Carnival of Santo Domingo. The grand carnival parade will be held on Sunday, 3 March on the city’s Malecón. It will be broadcast live on the El Gordo de la Semana television program …

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The film industry’s support office at the Ministry of Tourism, “Oficina de Soporte a la Industria Cinematográfica,” is assisting in the making of a film about the life of Cacique Enriquillo, the first rebel of the Americas. The office is also assisting in the preparation of a mini-series for television on the life of the …

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Located on the beach at Juan Dolio, the Renaissance Capella Beach Resort is now offering couples a chance to say “I Do” – Latin style, with the introduction of their “New Beginnings” wedding package. Priced at US$450, it includes the ceremony, bouquet, boutonniere, photographer, 24 5 x 7 photos, wedding cake, champagne and the civil …

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According to the Ambassador for Germany, Edmund Duckwitz, the number of German tourists that visited the Dominican Republic in 1995 was 450,000. He expected that it will increase in 1996 to 500,000, despite the crash of the Alas Nacionales flight to Berlin, when some 189 tourists perished in the Atlantic shortly after the airplane’s take-off …

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