2001 Travel News Archive – Page 57

Luggage porter Coralín Medrano Pérez has proof he is an honest man. Hoy newspaper tells the story of the humble resident of La Caleta that makes a living helping travelers with their luggage at Las Americas International Airport. At around 3:30 am, while he was still on duty, Medrano found a manila envelope containing a …

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The New York Times published an extensive article and photographs on Punta Cana in its 7 January 2001 Sunday Travel section. Entitled, "From the Scrub Comes a Behemoth," the article by Scott Norvell reflects the boom in US travel to the eastern coast of the DR. The author couldn’t resist drawing parallels to Punta Cana …

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2000 was a good year for Air Santo Domingo, the domestic commuter that began flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico last year. Headquartered in Santo Domingo, Air Santo Domingo recorded dynamic growth in passengers carried, load factor, ASMs and RSMs, according to a company press release. Air Santo Domingo is a member of the Dominican …

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The Ministry of Environment began the transformation of the La Vega-Jarabacoa road into an environmental corridor. Some 300 commercial billboards and signs will be taken down. The signs caused pollution and impeded the vision of the lovely scenery of the road. (3 January 2001)

The Ministry of Labor has created a branch of the Ministry of Labor in Las Terrenas, the popular Samana small hotel community along the North Coast. The new Minister of Labor is former Samana senator, Milton Ray Guevara who justified the new office due to the increase in business activities in the area. The Agencia …

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