2018 Travel News Archive – Page 14

In its 17th year, the Latin Music Tour Festival is taking place on 17-19 August 2018 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana. The show is so popular that the organizers have expanded the venue at the golf course of the hotel and now can accommodate up to 12,000 fans. On the …

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Tourists can practically breeze through the eight international airports in the Dominican Republic now that the US$10 tourist entry fees are being bundled into the airline ticketing price sold online and abroad. The new arrangement went into effect on 25 April 2018. The Dominican Tax Authorities (DGII) says the new system eliminates the queues that …

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The religious holiday, Corpus Christi is happening this Thursday, 31 May 2018, creating a long weekend for those who can take off Friday, 1 June through Monday, 4 June. Expect a larger number of locals at beach resorts and traffic leaving the cities to pick up on Thursday as thousands head for internal cities, mountain …

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Have spare time on Sunday? Consider taking a tour of the city from abroad, on board the Santo Domingo Skylift, a project implemented by the URBE office of the Medina administration. URBE has included what they call a giant urban mural, with the colorful painting of many of the roof tops along the 5 km …

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The director of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) in the Dominican Republic, Luis Ernesto Camilo García is optimistic the soon-to-be-signed aviation agreement between the Dominican Republic and the People’s Republic of China could result in an annual flow of two million Chinese travelers to the Dominican Republic by 2022. Around 31 million Chinese tourists traveled …

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Announcing its plans to start flying this 2018, Victor Miguel Pacheco says that Flycana is born from the transformation of the Dominican airline in formation, Dominican Wings. The airline has an advantage. One of the partners of the airline is Viva Air (Viva Colombia, Viva Peru) founder William Shaw. Shaw has stepped down from the …

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Beginning 1 June 2018, JetBlue starts nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) and Santiago’s Cibao International Airport (STI). The carrier will offer one daily round-trip flight on 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. The flight is in time for peak summer travel. It is JetBlue’s fifth route from Santiago. The Fort Lauderdale new route bolsters …

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The Central Bank reports that air travel during the first four months of year 2018 is up 5.6%. This is lower than the inter annual rate for 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 that were 6.5% and 6.4%, respectively. The Central Bank explained the decline. It turns out that this 2018, Easter Week, the peak domestic vacation holiday, …

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Merengue singer Héctor Acosta (El Torito) will be performing on Saturday, 19 May 2018, as of 8pm at the Puerto Plata Amphitheater. This will be an evening of merengue, bachata, boleros, ballads, rancheras and fusions. The show, “Pasión por la música caribeña y tropical” is the first of a series of concerts programmed for the …

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Vacaciones CTN Expo Feria will again take place at the exhibition hall of Sambil Mall on Av. John F. Kennedy in Santo Domingo from 18 to 20 May 2018. This travel fair is a good opportunity for residents in the Dominican Republic to find out about good deals for vacations, including resorts and excursions. Leading …

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