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Samana recognized as film destination

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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Calls for finding a solution to sargassum in the seas

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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Supreme Court rejects construction of a second international airport in Punta Cana

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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Tourist arrivals on path to surpass 9 million this year

The Dominican Republic received 862,705 visitors by air and sea in April 2023. The forecasts are now for more than nine million visitors this 2023. Tourism Minister David Collado shared the stats on April arrivals during the usual monthly statistics presentation. He said the numbers once again set new tourism arrival records for the Dominican …
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In honor of Orfila Salazar, Ministry of Tourism cruise ship director passes away

The cruise industry paid tribute to Orfila Salazar last week, describing her as a champion of the cruise ship industry. Salazar was the director for cruise ship affairs at the Ministry of Tourism for around three decades. She unexpectedly passed away on 8 May 2023 after a brief hospitalization. Sea Trade describes her as “the …