2001 Travel News Archive – Page 24

Dominican business groups are investing RD$800 million in the construction of a small town, Pueblo Bavaro, 10 minutes away from the Punta Cana International Airport. The small town is planned for 40,000 inhabitants. The idea is to provide adequate housing and services to the thousands of employees of the Punta Cana-Bavaro-Macao area resorts. President Mejia …

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El Caribe reports that the Caribbean Tourism Organization has called an emergency meeting in Barbados to discuss the decline of travel to the area. Caribbean tourism averaged 6% growth last year, but the outlook is bleak for this year. The DR is expected to grow around 5% this year, down from 12% last year. The …

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Occidental Hotels announced the closing of the Caribbean Village Occidental Playa Grande, the main hotel in the Playa Grande area. Occidental will start major renovation works at the hotel that is located adjacent to the Playa Grande Golf Course, rated as one of the best, if not the best in the Caribbean. (6 July 2001)

President Mejia toured the Dolphins Encounters Park in Blue Lagoon Island during his recent visit to the Bahamas to attend the Caricom heads of state summit. There he offered his government’s support so that Deep & Down Discovery company could build a similar facility as they operate in the Blue Lagoon Island in Cofresí, Puerto …

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Canada, Jamaica, Barbados and the Dominican Republic will compete for two available slots in the World Volleyball Cup to be held in 2002 World Championship in Germany. The event will take place at the Sports Palace of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center 12-15 July. The DR and Canada are the favorites to win the …

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Find out early if your child has it to make it in the Major Leagues. Now Las Caobas Baseball Camp, a modern facility built by the Atlanta Braves in San Francisco de Macoris is offering those 12 years old or older the opportunity to check out their skills where the future talents train. Lodging is …

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The Ministry of Culture announced the celebration of the III International Theater Festival from 11-23 October, at a cost to the state of RD$7 million. Sixteen nations will participate in the event that will be staged at the National Theater, Bellas Artes, the Museum of History & Geography and the Gran Teatro Cibao in Santiago. …

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The National Sailing School and the Dominican Sailing Federation are offering six-day sailing courses for children ages 8 to 15 years that know how to swim. The course instruction is taking place at the Hotel Don Juan in Boca Chica. The course dates are 9-14 July, 16-21 July, 23-28 July, 30 July-4 August and 6-11 …

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