Travel – Page 522

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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Administrative Secretary of the Presidency, Pedro Franco Badía, visited the beach towns of Guayacanes and Juan Dolio in San Pedro de Macoris to announce the start of works to rebuild the streets and sidewalks there. Some RD$10 million will be spent to rebuild four kilometers of streets before the end of the year. President Hipolito …

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The Dominican ambassador before the WTO has addressed concerns over the growth in number of hotel rooms versus demand. Critics say this imbalance has resulted in a drop in tourism revenues. The World Tourism Organization statistics show that tourist receipts in the DR have declined from US$683 in 1985 to US$620 in 1999. The opposite …

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