2023 Travel News Archive – Page 13

American Airlines announced it will be flying everyday from Charlotte, North Carolina to Puerto Plata’s Gregorio Luperon International Airport (POP) in December 2023. The airline is also expanding service from Charlotte’s Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Punta Cana’s PUJ international airport to four flights daily. These flights start 5 December 2023, in time for the …

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Equate the fiery framboyan (Royal Poinciana – Delonix regia) trees to the cherry blossoms in Tokyo and Washington, D.C. Come June and July, the dark orange flower-filled trees are in full bloom all around the country. In Santo Domingo, note the framboyan trees that line the avenue leading to the Botanical Gardens. In resorts and …

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Who could imagine that the Dominican Republic would have twice the number of tourists than Brazil, Argentina or Colombia? But it’s true. Brazil received 3.5 million tourists last year, and the Dominican Republic received over seven million. Brazil is 175 times larger than the Dominican Republic. The presidential spokesman, Homero Figueroa, said on his Twitter …

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Tourism Minister David Collado reported on Tuesday, 6 June 2023 that 757,921 people visited the Dominican Republic in May 2023, bringing to 4,503,396 the number of arrivals in the first five months of the year, a figure never seen before in the history of Dominican tourism. In his now customary monthly press conference to announce …

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CNN en Español has put in perspective the tourism boom to the Dominican Republic by comparing it to larger countries, in size and population, in Latin America. Jessica Hasbun reports for CNN that in 2022, the Dominican Republic received more tourists than Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, according to data from the United Nations World Tourism …

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In analyzing the commercial aviation statistics, Jose Ernesto Marte Piantini, president of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) of the Dominican Republic stresses that the country has the best air connectivity in the Caribbean. As of 2022 the Dominican Republic is ranked as one of the most competitive countries in air transport in the region, according …

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Dominican music legend, best known as the queen of merengue, Milly Quezada will take the stage of the National Theater on 17 June 2023 for the Santo Domingo stop of her “Viva la Reina Tour.” She has already performed to a sold-out crowd at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in Puerto Rico. Tickets are selling for …

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The Malecon of Santo Domingo is probably the most important tourist attraction in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Dominican city and Tourism authorities, nevertheless, need to be made aware of the threats underway to this would-be protected area. When late merengue band leader Johnny Ventura was mayor of Santo Domingo from 1998 to 2002, …

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The traditional Expo Mango is happening from 7 to 11 June in the central park of Baní, capital of Peravia province. Peravia is the province that produces the most mangos in the Dominican Republic. This is an opportunity to taste mangos from over 200 varieties. Workshops, visits to plantations and truckloads of mangos from the …

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With summer here, it’s the time to be adventurous and discover some of the ecological attractions of the Dominican Republic. Lauren Jimenez writes in Listin Diario about several little-known water falls, springs and lagoons that are especially attractive during these scorching summer months. Jimenez focuses on the ecotourism sites that are located in San Cristóbal, …

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