2023 Travel News Archive – Page 9

Of the seven or so million tourists that come to the Dominican Republic each year, only a miniscule fraction of them even know about the fascinating things to be seen and experienced in the seven provinces that make up the land border with Haiti. The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development recently shared a map …

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The 25th Dominican Book Fair is scheduled to open on Thursday, 24 August 2023. Given Tropical Storm Franklin is expected to hit on Wednesday, it is unknown what will happen to the book fair that includes dozens of invited guests from around the world. The book fair was scheduled to run through Sunday, 3 September …

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The ADN Bachata World Festival will take place from 16 to 20 November 2023 at venues in Puerto Plata. Tourism Minister David Collado has expressed the Ministry’s support to promoting Dominican bachata abroad. The First World Bachata Festival is held in the Dominican Republic, in the Cibao region where the internationally famous music originated. The …

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On 30 September 2022, the US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) and the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) had agreed to start negotiations to include the Dominican Republic in the US Global Entry foreign partner countries. Less than a year was to pass, when on 14 August 2023, the US government announced the enactment …

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Tourism Minister David Collado again proudly announced that July 2023 set a new record in tourist arrivals by air and sea. Some 792,981 tourists arrived by air. Of these 652,506 were foreigners and 140,475 were Dominicans. This is 34% more when compared to July in 2019, the pre-pandemic year, 41% compared to the month in …

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Las Galeras, on the easternmost tip of Samana, gets a Wyndham Alltra Samana as of 1 December 2023. Playa Hotels and Resorts announces the opening of the 404-room beach resort, the largest by far in the laid-back beach town of Las Galeras. The hotel is taking reservations for stays starting 1 December 2023. Rates for …

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The Presidency reported President Luis Abinader attended the inauguration of the Wyndham Garden El Morro Hotel in northwestern Montecristi province. The hotel is on Duarte Highway, 1.8 km before the city of Montecristi, capital of Montecristi province, the most northwestern in the country. The Wyndham Garden El Morro Hotel has 56 rooms. Its telephone is …

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President Luis Abinader and Tourism Minister David Collado announced last week the start of the Do Travel Rewards, the new initiative to motivate travel agents to sell more Dominican Republic vacations. 500 travel agents from the Americas region gathered at the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo for the launching of the rewards program. President …

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The legal advisor to the Presidency, Antoliano Peralta says that President Luis Abinader will veto the recently passed Civil Aviation Incentives Law because the legislators included a clause with fiscal incentives for domestic flights. Peralta said the bill as submitted by the Presidency only focused on promoting international flights. If vetoed, the bill will return …

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Tourists and hotel guests love to see the pink birds (Phoenicopterus ruber) on the grounds of the resorts. But they don’t give a second thought to the miserable life these elegant creatures taken from their natural environments are forced to live. Diario Libre has been following the plight of the birds in different reports. In …

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