1996 Travel News Archive – Page 6

Last week, the Ministry of Tourism released its publication “Turismo en cifras,” a statistical review of the industry. It contains figures on the sector from 1980 to 1996. In his introduction, the Minister of Tourism Frank Jorge Elias said that hotel rooms have grown with the increase of tourists. In 1980, there were 5,394; in …

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The former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, praised services provided by the executives and personnel of the Sheraton Santo Domingo Hotel & Casino during his visits to the country for the 16 May and the 30 June elections. The Sheraton was the base for his group of observers.

Reporting for Caribbean Business last week, John Collins wrote that Pan American World Airways may purchase Carnival Airlines, the eight-year old airline that is 90% owned by Carnival Cruise Lines. The purchase would expedite APA International of the Dominican Republic resuming its flights, following the announced merger with Pan American. Reportedly, the acquisition removes the …

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Santo Domingo hotels have been booked throughout July with excellent prospects for August. The revived Merengue Festival, an overall success this year, attracted thousands of Puerto Ricans. Hotels are also seeing a surge in bookings as hundreds of businessmen come in to develop new ties with the government and Dominican businessmen. According to Jaime Tió, …

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Some 433,746 more passengers traveled to the Dominican Republic by air in 1995 than in 1994. In 1995 there were about 4.18 million arrivals and departures, according to a report prepared by the Centro de Información y Comunicación for the Asociación de Líneas Aereas de la R. D. (ALA) just released. Of that total, 1,303,376 …

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The executive director of the Association of Hotels & Restaurants, Pedro Garrido, was critical of the Ministry of Tourism for certain actions it is taking in the days previous to an expected change of command. He criticized the Ministry’s action in opening new tourist offices abroad, adopting promotional initiatives and beginning new services classifications. Mr …

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A press report by the DPA German press agency published in El Caribe says that the German tourist industry has reached its ceiling and the days of the permanent boom experienced in the last decades is over. Stagnation, at best, is the forecast for the next years and the press agency quotes the Derdata-Reiseburo-Spiegel publication …

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Stability and big economic gains are luring investors to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, and the Caribbean Tourism Organization is now suggesting the region’s states should keep an eye on these countries as emergent sources of travelers to the Caribbean. “Inflation and unemployment have tapered off, currencies are stable and new prosperity will help …

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The CTO reports that there has been a substantial fall off in both arrivals and advance bookings for travel from the United States to the Caribbean this summer, when compared to the spring. A survey of the largest wholesalers confirms that bookings are well below last year and the telephones are not ringing. The reasons …

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CTO reports that tourism from Italy to the Caribbean has maintained the large increases which prevailed in the winter months and the key tour operators report that the region is currently the most popular long-haul destination. Tour operators are making big investments supporting direct charter services to many more Caribbean destinations. Antigua, Barbados, and the …

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