Travel – Page 167

Located in Comatillo, Bayaguana, adjacent to the Los Haitises National Park, Hostal Ecológico Loma Pan de Azúcar (Helpa) is open for business. The eco-lodge is about an hour and a half from Santo Domingo. The area where the lodge is located is surrounded by rivers and is perfect for day hiking and bird watching. There …

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It can be done in a day trip from Santo Domingo. Visit the Salto Grande waterfall with its water falling from a height of 35 meters. Salto Grande is the largest of four waterfalls from the 12-km Rio Grande waterfall. The swimming holes are ideal for bathing and relaxing after a moderately challenging hike. The …

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President Danilo Medina was in the mountain destination of Jarabacoa, La Vega on Thursday, 24 August 2017 for the formal inauguration of the Hotel Carmen at the Jarabacoa Country Club. The Hotel Carmen has 20 comfortable cabañas for guests to enjoy the natural beauty of the mountain destination. The promoter, former Minister Felix Jimenez (Felucho), …

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The president of the Civil Aviation Board Luis Ernesto Camilo announced that Boliviana de Aviación is interested in starting flights to the Casa de Campo / La Romana International Airport (LRM) in November 2017. The airline is owned by the government of Bolivia and operates flights to cities in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Peru, and the …

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The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) approved direct roundtrip flights from Quito in Ecuador to Punta Cana. The flights will be operated by Aerolíneas Galápagos (Aerogal). The airline, also known as Avianca Ecuador, primarily flies to the United States and Colombia from the Galapagos Islands. JAC also recently approved direct flights on Tam Linhas Aéreas on …

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If you can’t beat them join them, seems to be the new strategy to stimulate an increase in Jamaican tourist arrivals in coming years. Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, or the Spanish Caribbean, have been showing growth numbers in tourism in the Caribbean. Now, English-speaking Jamaica wants to convince people to go on multi-destination …

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There will be 97,000 hotel rooms in the Dominican Republic by 2018, says the Ministry of Tourism. The Ministry says the fast pace of hotel room construction places the Dominican Republic as the leader in growth in accommodations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Dominican Republic is the leading hotel destination in the Caribbean …

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Altos de Chavón, the 5,000-seat amphitheater in La Romana, will be presenting Cnco’s Más Allá Tour on Saturday, 16 September 2017. The concert is part of the trend for resorts to include among their attractions worldclass performers. Cnco is an American pop boy band formed in 2015 after becoming the winning members of the first …

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5.9% more tourists traveled to the Dominican Republic from January to July 2017, compared to the same period in 2016 according to Central Bank statistics. The Central Bank reported that for the first seven months of the year, non-resident foreign and Dominican arrivals were 3,879,334 or 216.456 more than for the same period in 2016. …

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Acrópolis Center is adding Wednesday jazz nights at the Atrium of Acrópolis Center. The Jazz Nights at Acrópolis begin this Wednesday, 16 August 2017 (a national holiday) with the performance of Jordi Masalles and Tiempo Libre. Playing are Jordi Masalles (drums), Josean Jacobo (piano), Papito Santana (base), Gury Abreu (saxophone). Enjoy an evening of classic …

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