2001 Travel News Archive – Page 4

An editorial in El Siglo newspaper today is calling for a special emergency fund to help employees in the tourism sector who have been laid off due to fewer tourists arriving in the country. It says the fund should pay 50% of their salaries while laid off until at least next March or April. This …

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A new agreement between the taxi drivers association and the Tourism Department promises to standardize taxi fares charged to tourists and to reduce price gouging. Under the agreement, a tourist arriving at an airport or other point of entry can check the official taxi fares and avoid being overcharged by drivers who might ask for …

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In spite of thousands of laid off workers in the hospitality industry, an average hotel occupancy of only 50% and reduced flights into the country, a group of hotel executives is optimistic about the future. Eight hotel executives from the Bavaro area told El Siglo that they predict an increase in tourism in November as …

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Hoy newspaper reports that the National Department of Investigations (DNI) has lifted the travel restrictions it had placed on certain foreign citizens after the September 11 attacks. In the first few days after the attacks, numerous travelers from Pakistan, Arab and Middle East countries trying to enter or leave the DR were detained and interrogated …

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Public Health authorities have announced stricter anti-epidemic measures at all international airports and sea ports. They are trying to prevent entry of the bacteria that causes anthrax, a disease recently discovered in the US and which has already killed a Florida man. From now on, passengers who arrive in the DR from US territory will …

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