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The government is dredging the principal ports of the country, including those at Haina, and the tourist ports of Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo. The Navy has been entrusted with the work that requires the renovation of two old dredgers and the purchase of a new one. Vice Admiral Geraldo Santana Solano, chief of the …

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A group of private pilots carried out a promotional fly-in to the Maria Montez International Airport at Barahona last Saturday, 11 May, departing in the early morning from the Aeropuerto International de Herrera in Santo Domingo. The group was organized by the Aeroclub Dominicano to promote the development of tourism in the south. Aircraft owners …

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The Colombian airline Ases is interested in covering the route Bogota-Puerto Plata-Santo Domingo-Bogota using a B727-200. Mr. Angel S. García Alecón, representing the Ministry of Tourism, and representatives of the Asociación de Hoteles y Restaurantes de Sosua y Cabarete, the management of the Puerto Plata International Airport and other tourist industry executives, met with the …

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The National Hotels & Restaurants Association (Asonahores) held a working session last Thursday, 9 May at the Hotel Santo Domingo to formally present to the principal political parties its Guidelines for a Concerted Proposal for Sustaininable Tourist Development. Asonahores executives met with Jacinto Peynado, Dr Peña Gómez, and Dr Leonel Fernández. At the event, it …

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Santo Domingo should be a priority in the plan of the next tourist authorities. Asonahores considers that the new government should support private sector efforts to convert the city, in a short period of time, into an attractive venue for conventions, fairs, congresses and sporting events. The position was supported by the Association of Hotels …

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