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Barahona announces new air links

The Barahona Tourism and Production Cluster are announcing new regular domestic flights to the Maria Montez International Barahona Airport. The flights from Santo Domingo will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:30am returning the same day at 4:30pm. Air Century, using Jetstream 19-passenger airplanes, will cover the distance in 25 minutes for US$65 each …
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DR is the Miami Marlins’ tourism destination

The Dominican Republic, together with Presidente Beer, is setting its sights on the Miami market. The Ministry of Tourism has announced the signing of an agreement with the Miami Marlins to market the Dominican Republic as the Major League team’s official destination during this season. The agreement includes promoting the Dominican Republic in the team’s …
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Volleyball Grand Prix in Santo Domingo

Travel to Santo Domingo to watch some of the best volleyball in the world. Dominican Cristobal Marte, first vice president of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) recently announced the celebration of the Volleyball World Grand Prix Pool B competitions in Santo Domingo. The event, which will be held at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center’s …
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DR could benefit from Taiwan’s new flexible diplomacy

New Taiwanese ambassador in the DR Tomas Ping Fu Hou says the Dominican Republic could benefit indirectly once Taiwanese citizens receive the expected entry into the USA Visa Waiver Program. In an interview with El Caribe, he said that the DR could receive more Taiwanese tourists once Taiwan enters the program that would allow Taiwanese …
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Dominican Republic in awards shortlist

The Dominican Republic has been nominated in 14 categories for the so-called Oscars of the tourism industry, the World Travel Awards (WTA), which will be awarded at a ceremony in Turks and Caicos in September. Some 217,000 travel sector professionals, including representatives of travel agencies and tourism and transport organizations in 162 countries, will cast …