Travel – Page 100

October 2021 set a new record for tourism arrivals in the month. In October, the number of non-resident arrivals peaked at 443,018, bringing the total for this pandemic year to 3,669,761 tourists arriving by air. The forecast for the end of 2021, is that non-resident arrivals reach close to 4.9 million people. This would be …

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Santiago is a mecca for medical services, university studies and cultural activities. Now the Ministry of Tourism committed during the ExpoTurismo recent event to include the second largest city in international promotions. Tourism Minister David Collado said the time has come for promoting the destination in Europe, the United States and all the Caribbean. Collado …

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Carnival Cruise’s newest Mardi Gras mega cruise ship has been making stops at the Amber Cove terminal in Puerto Plata. This past week, Dominican Republic’s Miss Universe Kimberly Jimenez, the godmother of the ship, and the president of Carnival Cruise Line, Christine Duffy were present to welcome the Mardi Gras tourists to port. The ship …

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The Iberostar hotel group, the German government’s Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ) and the Ministry of Environment have launched a public-private partnership to encourage the involvement of the tourism sector in the implementation of solutions for the marine-coastal ecosystems in the Dominican Republic. The initiative seeks to contribute to the well-being of marine ecosystems through coral …

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Starting Wednesday, 3 November 2021, American Airlines is flying tourists from Austin, Texas’s Bergstrom Interrnational (AUS) to Punta Cana International (PUJ), gateway to dozens of beach resorts. American has made available a B737-800 with capacity for 164 passengers for the flight. As reported, the Texas flight will feed important cities in central and western United …

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The white sandy beaches of Bavaro and Punta Cana and the rest of the tourist havens in the east of the Dominican Republic are now practically free of the sargassum seaweed that made beach going often uncomfortable for people. With the daily increase in tourists, this is, indeed, very good news. El Caribe 26 October …

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Iberia Airlines is celebrating its 75th anniversary of flying to Latin America adding more frequencies to its flights to the Dominican Republic, a destination served since 1967. Víctor Moneo, Iberia’s Latin American Sales and Institutional Agreements director, told Aviacionline that the Dominican Republic is the first destination in Latin America to offer more Iberia frequencies …

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The Dominican Republic will take a leading role in FITUR 2022 as a partner country for the Spanish international tourism fair. Fitur is the first of travel promotional events scheduled for 2022, the year of tourism recovery. The Dominican Republic got a head start betting on a fast recovery of its industry since airports reopened …

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The Ministry of Tourism is investing RD$51 million to provide new public access to Esmeralda Beach in Miches, El Seibo province. The project is funded and carried out by the Ministry of Tourism’s Executing Committee for Infrastructure in Tourist Zones (Ceiztur). Miches is north of the Punta Cana area and there is easy road access. …

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Vinci Airports’s Aerodom announced it now has available new space on the third level of the Las Americas International Airport for security and migration services for departing passengers. Las Americas is second in traffic in the country, only behind Punta Cana International Airport. The new area becomes available as part of the expansion project of …

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