Travel – Page 521

El Siglo newspaper reports that 89 mammals have just arrived at the Santo Domingo Zoo from Oklahoma, Florida and Texas. Among the newcomers are antelopes, buffalos, elands, llamas, and zebras. For the children’s area of the zoo, muntajaks, deer, a miniature cattle breed, baby goats and miniature sheep have arrived. For those not familiar with …

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The president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association (Asonahores), Ramon Prieto, advocates that the Southwest of the nation adopt a different tourism development model. Prieto spoke at an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon and urged the businessmen of the Southwest not to adopt the mass tourism holiday package/big hotels model of Puerto Plata, Juan …

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Engineer Angel Nerys Castillo, director of the Development Projects Financing Department (DEFINPRO) at the Central Bank, favors changing the law that bans the construction of buildings of more than three floors (11 meters) in Puerto Plata. Law 256 prohibits buildings higher than palm trees in order to preserve the ambience of a tropical vacation area. …

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Hapag Lloyd, the German airline, discontinued its flights to the Dominican Republic on 30 April. The airline had two flights to Punta Cana and one to Puerto Plata. The decision was motivated by the decline in the number of German travelers making long haul trips. However, US travel is filling the void left by the …

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Alex Santana, director of the Aerodom airports, says Dominican airports will soon be among the most modern in the Americas. He says investments of US$203 million have been made since Aerodom took over the Las Americas International (Santo Domingo) and Gregorio Luperon International (Puerto Plata) airports. The company also has the concession to operate airports …

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