2003 Travel News Archive – Page 3

According to Hans Dannenberg, marketing advisor to the Tourism Ministry, an excellent winter season is in store, judging by the enthusiasm of tour operators and travel agents participating in the World Travel Market in London, UK. Bookings are running strong for Punta Cana hotels, and Puerto Plata expects to have its best year in many. …

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Peter Walton, of the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, says that 40 golf travel writers will be on hand to cover the International Golf Travel Market to be held at the Barcelo Bavaro Convention Center 8-11 December. The journalists will be able to check out golf courses and golf-promoting hotels all around the country. …

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Mila Granik of Capitol Tours from Russia confirmed that the Punta Cana-Moscow flight is a sealed deal. The charter flight will land at the Punta Cana International Airport starting 27 December, carrying with it new batches of Russian tourists every two weeks. This is not a first for chartered flights from Russia, however, as they …

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The Dominican Republic is not just about merengue, bachata and salsa. Michel Camilo, the jazz pianist from the Dominican Republic, has seen his latest album, ?Live at the Blue Note?, leading the international jazz ranks for the past month, according to Jazz Week magazine. Camilo told El Caribe reporters that his CD was only one …

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Charter operators Air Transat, Skyservice Airlines and Zoom Airlines will be following in the footsteps of Air Canada and commencing direct scheduled flights to the Dominican Republic from Canada this year. Air Transat of Montreal told Canadian Press that the deal means it will simply change its charter services into scheduled flights without adding capacity. …

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Central Bank travel statistics show that travel from the United States is up 25% for the first ten months of the year. Some 729,471 foreign non-resident arrivals passed through Dominican airports from January to October 2003, compared to 581,441 for the same period in 2002 or 147,030 more travelers. US foreign arrivals made up 31% …

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Most European countries are showing significant increases in travel to the Dominican Republic for the first ten months of the year. Overall, 22.4% more Europeans have visited this year. According to the Central Bank January to October 2003 statistical report, traffic is up for all reported countries, with the exception of Sweden. Travel from Europe …

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Central Bank statistics indicate travel to the Dominican Republic is up to a record 2,285,054 foreign air arrivals for the first ten months of the year. This is a 21.6% increase for the January to October period. Traffic to the DR is outpacing the increases to other Caribbean destinations. The depreciation of the Dominican peso …

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Punta Cana continues to receive the most foreign tourist air arrivals. Punta Cana International Airport statistics show that 1,071,226 passengers arrived by that eastern port of entry. This year, the Punta Cana terminal alone has received 293,339 more tourists. 99% of Punta Cana International Airport arrivals are foreign tourists. This is 46.8% of all foreign …

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Some 113,814 more tourists visited this year by cruise ship than last year. According to the Central Bank, the Port of La Romana received the most traffic, with 180,225 arrivals, some 99,728 more than last year. Samana port received 18,541 maritime arrivals, up from 2,376 last year. Activity in Puerto Plata was slightly up, with …

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