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Banco Popular Dominicano has pledged US$6.2 million to construct a new cruise port in Samaná Bay. Christopher Paniagua, the bank’s executive president, made the announcement during the traditional breakfast event the bank held for media attending FITUR 2025, the Spanish travel fair, in Madrid, Spain. The total project cost is estimated at US$9.2 million, according …

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Starting 15 January 2025, whale tour boats depart from Samana city and other nearby areas to take foreign and domestic tourists to see the enormous whales breach in the waters of Samana Bay. The boat tours can be booked through 15 March 2025 when the whales leave the Samana Bay waters for northern shores. Samana …

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The Ambassador of Germany in the Dominican Republic, Maike Friedrichsen was recently in northwestern Santiago Rodríguez province to inaugurate a hanging bridge and two lookout points in the community of El Pelero. The German government contributed RD$2.1 million for the constructions that are intended to boost ecotourism in the mountainous area. The two outlook points …

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Minister of Tourism David Collado was at the Punta Cana International Airport on Sunday, 29 December 2024 to receive the Dominican Republic’s tourist number 11 million. The new annual record in tourist arrivals consolidates the country’s position as regional leader in tourism, the Ministry of Tourism reports. Tourism Minister David Collado welcomed the milestone visitor, …

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The Open Skies Agreement with the United States goes into effect in January 2025, according to the X (formerly Twitter) account of President Luis Abinader. The announcement stated that the Dominican Republic has fulfilled the enactment requirements of the agreement signed in August 2024 by Minister of Tourism David Collado and the United States Under …

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Overall, this agreement signifies a significant step forward in aviation cooperation between the Dominican Republic and Argentina, promising to enhance travel, trade, and tourism. In the significant move to modernize the legal regulatory framework for air transport services between the Dominican Republic and Argentina, aviation authorities from both nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) …

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Those staying in the Juan Dolio area can always go shopping in San Pedro de Macoris, the nearest city, and now they can tour the just renovated San Pedro boardwalk. Take note that San Pedro is also home to the Estrellas Orientales, that is battling to be one of the two teams to play the …

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Hyatt of the United States and Grupo Piñero of Spain announced the finalizing of a strategic joint venture for Hyatt to manage and market Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts-branded properties and own the Bahia Principe brand. The announcement comes at a time when the US market is consolidated as the most important source of visitors …

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Zel Punta Cana by Melia opened on 12 December 2024 in the central Bavaro area of Punta Cana. The all-inclusive resort marks the expansion of the tennis legend Rafael Nadal’s lifestyle all-inclusive hotel brand in the Americas. The brand had first launched in Mallorca and Costa Brava, Spain. Right on a white-sand beach, Zel Punta …

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The pre-Hispanic culture on the island of Hispaniola is featured at the exhibits now shown at the Casa del Cordon, a very well-preserved house of the earliest Spanish settlement of Santo Domingo. The exhibit features some 350 pieces of Taino artifacts that are on-loan to the Taino House Cultural Center at the Casa del Cordon. …

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