2019 Travel News Archive – Page 15

Through Sunday, 5 May 2019, visits to the Museo de las Casas Reales, Alcazar de Colón, Panteón Nacional, Instituto de Telecomunicaciones are free for the duration of the Santo Domingo International Book Fair. The museums are open from 9am to 9pm keeping to the schedule of the book fair, announced Ruth Herrera, director of FILSD2019. …

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The president of the Samana Tourism Cluster, Jesus Duran Haro spoke of what’s on the books for the northeastern tourism destination in an interview with El Dia. The cluster gathers the communities of Samaná city, the smaller town of Sánchez and the beach town, Las Terrenas, the municipal districts of El Limón, where the El …

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China ambassador in the Dominican Republic Zhang Run says that steps continue to be taken to encourage Chinese to travel to the Dominican Republic. He was interviewed in El Dia on occasion of the celebration of 30 April – 1 May 2019 of the first anniversary of the signing of diplomatic relations between the Dominican …

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In its 7th version, AgroAlimentaria 2019 will again be the most important food tradeshow presented in the Dominican Republic. The show is scheduled for 8 to 11 May 2019 at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel across from the Mirador del Sur Park. The exhibition is a business-to-business event that seeks to connect local producers with exporters. …

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The president of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC), Luis Ernesto Camilo García reports that 4,187,099 passengers moved through Dominican airports during the first three months of 2019. This is an increase of 6.2% over the same period last year, with an additional 242,968 passengers. Camilo García said that this is a new record in passenger …

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As of Friday, 26 April 2019, venues in the Colonial City will open their doors to Dominican book lovers. Bookstores will be participating in the Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo (FILSD) 2019, the annual city book fair. Now in its 22nd year, this year’s fair is dedicated to Dominican writer Virgilio Díaz Grullón, and …

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Award-winning Mexican pastry chef Paulina Abascal and Colombian chef Leonor Espinoza are the special guests of the 10th Edition of the Taste Santo Domingo Gastronomic Festival. They will give master talks on 15 and 16 May during the duration of the Gastronomic Exposition as part of the Taste Santo Domingo. Taste Santo Domingo is scheduled …

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The descendants of Spanish immigrants in the eastern province of El Seibo are continuing the bull running tradition. The El Seibo bull run today is also possible because nearby Central Romana lends their bulls to keep alive the tradition. The bull run is part of the patronal feasts for the province in May. The bulls …

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The European Union and Germany’s development cooperation agency, GIZ, assisted the Center for the Conservation and Eco-Development of Samaná Bay (CEBSE) in the Dominican Republic with the creation of the Samaná Whale Watcher App. CEBSE says the app seeks to promote sustainable observation of the humpback whales in the Bay of Samaná and integrate the …

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Punta Cana, the popular east coast beach strip of the Dominican Republic, has again made the top 10 US travel destinations for AAA, as reported from their recent AAA Travel Survey. AAA stands for the American Automobile Association, Inc., and is a federation of affiliated automobile clubs that also provides travel services. The list of …

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