2023 Travel News Archive – Page 23

APEC University in Santo Domingo launched its Master’s Degree in Management and Innovation of Sustainable Tourism Destinations. The academic program seeks to train master’s degree students in high-level management competencies focused on the tourism industry, announced Enrique Leonides Pacheco Martínez, director of the School of Tourism. He pointed out that the program will provide students …

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The Spanish travel conglomerate Meliá introduces “resortainment” to Dominican tourism experiences. President Luis Abinader was in Punta Cana last week to inaugurate the first phase of the Katmandu Park Punta Cana. Melia promotes the amusement park as Latin America’s most modern theme park. The park opens to the general public on 15 March 2023. Gabriel …

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The best of carnival from all around the Dominican Republic is congregating on the sea-fronting Malecón of Santo Domingo starting 2pm on Sunday, 26 February 2023. Around 150 groups representing the country’s North, South and East regions will participate. The Ministry of Culture had previously announced the parade would be on Sunday, 5 March. “This …

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The Dominican low-cost carrier, Arajet is the first local airline to eliminate the US$10 tourist card fee charged to Dominican nationals and residents. Now local residents that fly with Arajet will be exempt from the charge. At present, local residents need to request a reimbursement. The law establishes that only tourists should pay the tax. …

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The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) cleared Air Europa for flights from Madrid to Punta Cana, carrying passengers and cargo. The airline will fly on Mondays. Air Europa is authorized to fly Madrid-Santo Domingo-New York and Madrid-New York-Santo Domingo on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 20 June 2023 to 29 October 2023. The airline …

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The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) says that a new air arrival and departure record has been set for the Dominican Republic. In 2022, 15,480,688 passengers were transported to and from the country’s eight international airports. This is 4,726,932 more travelers than in 2021. The movement of passengers in December 2022 was 1,451,456 users, of which …

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Tourism Minister David Collado announced the month was the best January in the history of the Dominican Republic, with almost one million visitors arriving. Tourist arrivals were 948,582 visitors, for a 52% growth in arrivals through the country’s airports and ports. Air arrivals were 674,737 tourists, up 27% compared to 2022. Sea arrivals, in turn, …

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The Dominican government signed a new air transport agreement with Canada on Thursday, 2 February 2023 that will expand flight operations between the two countries. Tourism will benefit but also trade and connectivity. The agreement authorizes airlines to operate beyond the current established frequencies. More airlines, flights and new destinations will soon be announced. The …

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President Luis Abinader attended the Miami Travel Roadshow on 30 January 2023 to promote travel to the Dominican Republic. He spoke of how the Dominican Republic had promptly recovered its tourism industry after Covid-19 and of the new developments at the leading destinations. He described the new development at Punta Bergantín, a beach and film …

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President Luis Abinader was in Pedernales on Sunday, 5 February 2023 for the groundbreaking for the first two Pedernales-Cabo Rojo Tourism Development Project resorts. Therrestra-Estel and Cocaro Development are the first two companies to build resorts under the Pro-Pedernales public-private alliance. The all-inclusive resorts will operate as an Iberostar and a Hyatt Inclusive Collection Part …

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