2000 Travel News Archive – Page 47

Carnival ended in Santo Domingo on Sunday, but it now moves on to new interior towns. The Ministry of Tourism and the Cervecería Nacional Dominicana (Presidente Beer) announce presentations in Bonao (Park), Puerto Plata (Malecón) and Mao (Calle Duarte) on Sunday, 12 March at 3 pm. Fernando Villanueva, one of the most popular merengue band …

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Some of the best of Cuban "son" music will be staged this evening at the National Theater. Raul Pérez Peña’s "Festison" or Festival Caribeño del Son opens tonight, Friday, 10 March with a gala performance at the National Theater. Legends of Cuban music such as Pío Leyba, the Orquesta América and Caridad Hierrezuelo of the …

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Pedro Martinez will open for the Boston Red Sox versus the Houston Astros on Saturday, 11 March. This will be the first day of a two-day spring training exhibition series slated for Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Ball Park. This is a chance to see Dominicans Pedro Martínez, Ramón Martínez, José Offerman, Wilton Veras, Manny Alexander, Israel …

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Thousands turned out yesterday along the Av. George Washington boulevard of Santo Domingo (the Malecón) to watch the carnival parade. Some 120 costumed dance groups and colorful characters from all around the country represented their provinces and folkloric traditions of each region. Among the most applauded of the parade were the Diablos Cojuelos from La …

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In an interview with El Caribe newspaper, Antonio Cocco, a former long time director of the Dominican Weather Department and today professor of climatology at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña explained about the rainy and dry seasons in the DR. He said that historically, January, February and March have been the driest months of …

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Minister of Tourism Felix Jiménez said that air arrivals to the DR in January were up 18.5% when compared to the same month last year. He said that some 237,540 tourists visited in January 2000, up from 200,485 in January 1999. Jiménez also mentioned that travel was up from the following destinations in 1999 compared …

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