2019 Travel News Archive – Page 11

President Danilo Medina was in Punta Cana on Thursday, 11 July 2019 for the formal inauguration of the US$257 million Lopesan Costa Bávaro Resort, Spa & Casino. Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García accompanied President Medina. They were hosted by Lopesan CEO Francisco López, who announced that work would soon begin to add another 1,500 rooms …

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Two young women, Keila Rodriguez and Alejandra Gil, recount the excursions they have had when traveling in their own Dominican Republic. Keila, who goes by the tag @theadrenalinetraveler and Alejandra who uses @alejateconale, report their travels to some truly interesting spots with varying degrees of difficulty of access. Beginning their travels in Samaná, the pair …

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With the arrival of 15 cruise ships in July, Puerto Plata continues to increase its tourism footprint in the Dominican Republic. Each of these cruise vessels, owned by Carnival Cruise Lines, who also own Amber Cove in the Maimon Bay, carries between 4,500 and 5,000 people. Data from the first third of the year shows …

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The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) has reported that 7.9 million passengers moved through the nation’s airports in the first six months of 2019. Luis Ernesto Camilo, director at JAC, told reporters that this is evidence that the recent anti-Dominican tourism campaign that kept negative news in social media and in newspapers and television in the …

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The slump in air bookings and increases in flight cancellations to the Dominican Republic that coincided with media coverage of tourist deaths in the country appears to be reversing, according to ForwardKeys. From 1 June to 2 July, air bookings from the United States to the Dominican Republic for July and August had fallen by …

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The Tourism Development Board (Confotur) of the Ministry of Tourism announced that eight tourism development projects, calling for an investment of US$467.5 million, were recently approved. They authorized 2,212 additional hotel rooms. Developments approved involve hotels, aparthotels, residences and condos in La Altagracia (Punta Cana) and El Seibo (Miches) in the east, Puerto Plata in …

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The Central Bank released on schedule the data for May 2019. May data shows the usual increase in visitors. According to figures published by the Central Bank, the number of tourists arriving in the country from January to May 2019 was 2,988,155 non-resident visitors, which is 134,157 more than the same period last year, a …

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A coconut festival will be held in the northeastern city of Nagua to highlight that coconuts are much more than the idyllic trees that spell tropics in destination photographs. Nagua will be hosting the Second National Coconut Festival on Wednesday, 24 July 2019. Producers and processors from all around the country will concentrate in Nagua …

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The Dominican Republic seeks to show leadership in protecting the natural beauty that it relies on to be the leading Caribbean tourism destination. On 1 July 2019, the country together with the United Nations launched the Roadmap to the general public. The Roadmap for Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Accommodation in the Dominican Republic was …

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The melodious voice of merengue and bolero singer Sergio Vargas will be enchanting audiences at the National Theater on Saturday, 20 July 2091 at 8:30pm. Sergio Vargas will be accompanied by the Philarmonic Orchestra of Santo Domingo directed by Amaury Sánchez. 2 July 2019