2022 Travel News Archive – Page 6

The first edition of the “ADN Bachata World Festival” is scheduled for 17 to 20 November 2022 with performances starting at 8pm at the Atlantic Ocean-fronting Juan Lockward Amphitheater. Other festival activities will take place at the Senator and Playa Bachata hotels in Puerto Plata. Víctor Minaya of ADN Films, Carlos Rodolí of the Association …

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The National Botanical Gardens is one of the best attractions of the city of Santo Domingo. The large city park is very popular for recreation with locals and tourists. Once again, the National Botanical Gardens is preparing the National Flower and Plant Festival. This is a truly major event for horticulturalists, orchid lovers, florists, and …

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This October 2022, more than 20 very large cruise lines are scheduled to dock at the two tourist terminals in Puerto Plata: Ambar Cove and the new Taino Bay. Fourteen of the ships will dock at Ambar Cove and ten will tie up at Taino Bay on the north coast with time off to enjoy …

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One of the most-seen global exhibitions of all times, “Bodies,” is in the last weeks of its second showing in Santo Domingo. The Bodies Expo is open at the Sambil shopping center from 26 August to 31 October 2022. Read more about the exhibition at bodies.do. Tickets are available online at Uepa tickets from RD$250 …

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Salsa singer Yiyo Sarante is performing this Thursday, 20 October 2022 at Hard Rock Cafe at the Santo Domingo Blue Mall. Yiyo Sarante in Concert performances is scheduled to start at 9pm. Tickets at Uepa Tickets run from RD$2,165 standing to RD$3,790 VIP. Tickets are also available at the Hard Rock Cafe. Listen to his …

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Spanish pop singer Rosario Flores is performing Saturday, 22 October 2022 at the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater in Santo Domingo. She is a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish singer. She is best known for her songs in the flamenco, free jazz, bossanova and progressive rock genres. Her concert, “Te lo digo todo …

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Milly Quezada is booked for a live performance in Santo Domingo at the JetSetClub on Monday, 24 October 2022, starting at 9pm. She is known for some of the most emblematic merengues of all times. She is accompanied by her regular orchestra Los Vecinos. Alex Matos will be guest performer adding salsa dancing to the …

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Despite Hurricane Fiona, the DR had its best September ever in terms of tourist arrivals with more than 400 thousand tourists, reports the Ministry of Tourism. The Ministry says that 430,129 tourists arrived in September. This is 106,467 more than in the same month of pre-pandemic 2019. Tourism Minister David Collado reports that in the …

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As the cruise industry continues on its strong recovery, the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) is meeting in Santo Domingo from 11 to 14 October 2022 for the 28th FCCA Cruise Conference, the only official cruise conference representing the Caribbean, Mexico and Central and South America. The conference is taking place on occasion of the FCCA’s …

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Tourism expert Juan Llado recently released, “Challenges of the Tourism Sector” Volume II, the collection of 220 thought-provoking articles he has written from October 2011 through February 2022. It is a follow up of Volume I that collected articles from November 2008 to October 2011. Lladó is a former deputy minister of tourism in 1980, …

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