2006 Travel News Archive – Page 3

US passport requirement postponed

US passports are no longer mandatory for travel from the Caribbean. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative requirement would have been effective 8 January 2007, but the US Department of Homeland Security had failed to publish it in the Federal Register as required by law, which means there will be a delay in the implementation of …

Master cooking classes

Jacques Le Divellec, the French chef whose name is synonymous with seafood will be in Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata from 26 to 29 November to give two master classes on seafood and fish cooking. The courses are sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism and will be held at the PUCMM in Santo Domingo (Monday, …

9.38% increase in tourists so far

The Ministry of Tourism has announced that the DR is the Caribbean leader in number of arrivals from Europe. A press release from the department reports that 1,198,899 European tourists visited the country during the first 10 months of the year. There was a 15.4% increase in arrivals from the United Kingdom, 6.54% more from …

Tourists to visit farms

Hotel owners and tour representatives from Punta Cana and Bayahibe, which receive over 58% of the Dominican Republic’s US$3.5 billion tourist income, are planning on taking tourists to nearby farms as part of a “farm tourism” program. These day trips are aimed at improving the lot of small farmers, and at bringing some added commercial …

Paradisus Palma Real joins Leading Hotels of the World

Punta Cana-based Paradisus Palma Real is one of the newer properties now featured in the exclusive “Leading Hotels of the World” collection. The 554 all-suite luxury resort rooms all feature mahogany furniture, flat-screen TV, DVD and CD players, mini-bar, high-speed Internet access, and living areas with sofa bed and a private terrace or balcony. Guest …

Bayahibe publishes its diving guide

The Romana-Bayahibe Hotels Association and the Ministry of Environment have sponsored the publication of the Bayahibe and National Park of the East scuba diving guide. The area is famous for having some of the best scuba diving and snorkeling sites in the Dominican Republic. The publication was compiled by Adolfo Lopez Belando, with contributions by …

Gems of Dominican music

The Ministry of Tourism has released “Caribbean Gems: Joyas Musicales Dominicanas,” a CD that compiles 13 tracks (83 minutes) of music composed by the legends of Dominican music. The CD was produced by Maestro Jose Antonio Molina, and features boleros, bachata, merengue of some of the better known Dominican composers of all times. The tracks …

Play ball!

Tourists visiting the Dominican Republic through January have the opportunity to attend Dominican style baseball games, with all the enthusiasm that local crowds bring to the game. The strongest rivalry is between the Tigres del Licey (tigers) and Aguilas Cibaenas (eagles), that play at Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Ball Park (capacity 25,000) or the Cibao ball …

First scheduled flights to El Catey

A LTU flight from Dusseldorf, Germany became the inaugural flight of El Catey International Airport at Samana (AZS) when it arrived on Monday, 6 November at 7 :10 pm. Condor has scheduled flight No. DE2248 departing from Frankfurt International scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, 7 November at 8:05pm. The first return Condor flight to Frankfurt, …

Jack Nicklaus to inaugurate course

Jack Nicklaus will be in Cap Cana on 7-8 November for the inaugural celebrations for his signature golf course, Punta Espada Golf Course at the real estate development project, Cap Cana in the Punta Cana area. The Golden Bear, as the legendary golfer is known, will tour the 18 holes of the course on foot …

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