Travel

This Thursday, 19 June 2025 is a national holiday in the Dominican Republic. Given that it falls on a Thursday, many who can will turn it into a long weekend especially for domestic tourism. Take special care when driving to and from the urban centers on Sunday to avoid delays due to the extra traffic. …

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Arajet, the locally-based low cost airline, has begun daily flights between Newark International Airport (EWR) and Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport (SDQ). The flights deliver strong fare competition to the route, with travelers hopeful the days of very expensive fares to the New York area will now be in the past. Other nonstop flights …

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Summer brings the traditional Cabarete Jazz Festival to the north coast shore. This 20 and 21 June 2025, the leading cultural event will take place at the sea-fronting Pampillonia Sea Garden, a venue that ensures even if it rains, the event will go on. Cabarete is half an hour from Puerto Plata city on the …

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Tourism expert Juan Llado in a recent feature in Acento on 12 June 2025 raises the issue of private investors interested in building a new cruise terminal for the capital city of Santo Domingo. Llado looks into the failed attempt by the Inversiones Turisticas de Sans Souci (ITSS) company to install one on the Ozama …

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President Luis Abinader was in Miches on Friday, 6 June 2025 for the formal opening of the Viva Miches by Wyndham Resort. The President attributed the boom of Miches as the next great Dominican beach destination to the strong public-private alliance that is in place and working. Miches is located an hour and a half …

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Authorities from the Pro-Pedernales Trust Fund have announced that the Cabo Rojo Consortium, led by the Puntacana Group, has been selected as the government’s strategic partner for Cabo Rojo. It is reported that Puntacana Group submitted the best proposal, meeting all requirements of the Competitive Reference Process No. FID-SE-0001. The Puntacana Group is the owner …

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Low-cost carrier W2fly has announced 18 weekly flights on routes connecting Madrid and several cities in Portugal with the Dominican Republic. This move is part of a strategy to strengthen air connections between Europe and the Caribbean, amid growing interest in Dominican tourist destinations. The route expansion starts in July with new direct flights from …

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Even before the flights began, the competition effect was positive for consumers. Leading airlines serving the routes began dropping their fares to keep their customers from being lured by the new competition. On Wednesday, 4 June 2025, Tourism Minister David Collado was at Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo to send off the first …

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Summer is here and with summer come long hot days. To cool off, tourists visiting the Dominican Republic delight in drinking beer, with locally produced Presidente beer very popular. But a local doctor raises a red flag telling tourists to beware. Drinking all that beer is not hydrating. And when you are at the beach …

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched a new Tourism Task Force during the Plenary Meeting of the Americas Business Dialogue (ABD). The meetings were held in Santo Domingo. The ABD is a private sector-led initiative facilitated by the IDB that promotes high-level dialogue between governments and the …

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