2023 Travel News Archive

A local investor group announced operations will start this year at the Nisibon AirPark, part of a major real estate and touristic project under construction in Nisibón, La Altagracia province. The domestic airfield located in Las Lagunas de Nisibón RD-3, Carretera Bávaro-Miches is about 50 km north of Punta Cana International Airport and about 30 …

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Environment Minister invited actress Nashla Bogaert and film director Jose Maria Cabral (Island of Plastics documentary), two local film stars active in conservation, to the signing of the order that bans foam and single-user plastics from Saona Island (Cotubanamá National Park) and Catalina Island in La Altagracia and La Romana provinces. The Ministry of Environment …

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The Ministry of Environment announced it has authorized the construction of the Pedernales international airport. The airport calls for the construction of a two-level passenger terminal and a runway of 3,100 meters long and 45 meters wide. The airport is key to the development of the new beach areas in the southwestern province. The closest …

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The Festival de las Flores is set for 8 to 11 June 2023 in the mountain vacation area, Jarabacoa in La Vega province. The event this year will coincide with Corpus Christi (7 June 2023) long weekend. The president of the Festival de las Flores, Mercedes Perez (Mily) and director Alba Yris Rodriguez says the …

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Samana province is probably one of the most filmed destinations in the Caribbean. For years, Survival-style realities have been filmed there. This 2023, the Dominican Republic won the Emerging Location award with the project “Film Friendly Samana,” that promotes Samana province as a film destination. The Dominican Republic film agency, DCCine was in Cannes, France …

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President Luis Abinader was in Santiago for the ground-breaking for the 114 rooms and 30 suites Hampton by Hilton hotel part of the Square Santiago commercial area development at Calle Del Sol in Santiago near the Monumento de los Heroes de la Restauración. The hotel will have facilities for meetings. Sandy Rodríguez Gutiérrez for Gizeh …

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UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili highlighted the Dominican Republic’s tourism achievements during the opening of the World Tourism Organization Executive Council meeting in Punta Cana on 17 May 2023. Pololikashvili praised the rapid recovery of the Dominican tourism industry from the Covid-19 pandemic. He said the decisions and actions made the Dominican Republic a “world benchmark …

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Air Caraibes, the French airline based in Guadeloupe, has announced a significant increase in its flights to Punta Cana and Santo Domingo. For the winter season of 2023-2024, the airline says it will increase its flights by 50%, offering some 6,000 seats per week to flyers between France and the Dominican Republic. Air Caraibes is …

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The Santo Domingo Yacht Club is again very active this year, celebrating many fishing and sailing tournaments. The tournaments still on the agenda for this year are based at the yacht club’s Andres, Boca Chica main headquarters in Santo Domingo province. The Regata Solsticio de Verano is a sailing event scheduled for 24-25 June 2023. …

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The Supreme Court of Justice rejected an appeal by the promoters of a second international airport in the Punta Cana area. The Supreme Court responded to a request by the Corporación Aeroportuaria del Este, a Grupo Puntacana affiliate, filed on 5 March 2020. The Corporación Aeroportuaria del Este is the owner and operator of the …

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