2001 Travel News Archive – Page 16

Four people from the Dominican Republic, eight from Mexico, two from Venezuela, two from Paraguay and two from Israel made the finals of the Marlboro Adventure Team. The trials were held in Rancho Baiguate in Jarabacoa, about 100 kilometers from Santo Domingo. Competitors had to compete in jeeping, enduro motorbike racing, rafting, rapelling, four wheel …

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Hoy newspaper reports that while Mexico and Cuba saw increases in tourists of 29% and 11% respectively, air arrivals to the DR declined 0.04 in the first half of the year. Alan Ramirez, administrative director of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, said that the decline is mainly due to a major drop in German …

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The Deputy Minister of Environment in charge of Protected Areas says that government revenues are up at national parks and ecological areas. Julio Cesar Ureña said that revenues are up to RD$15 million this year, with the most profitable park being the National Park of the East (Saona Island) which generated RD$7.5 million in revenues. …

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Only four of 11 companies that showed an interest in the tender for Dominicana Airlines, the bankrupt state airline, have chosen to continue participating in the tender. The choice of a company to privatize the state airline will be announced on 19 September, according to the Commission for the Reform of State Enterprise (CREP). Interested …

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