Travel – Page 17

With a delay of six years, the Chamber of Deputies approved on 4 December 2024 the resolution ratifying the Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Dominican Government. The agreement had been signed in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12 December 2018. The agreement with The Bahamas grants, among other …

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A recent aviation job fair coordinated by 25 private and public entities related to Dominican aviation saw a record attendance of more than 1,000 young people seeking jobs. The event took place on 6 December 2024 at the installations of the Superior Academy of Aviation Sciences (ASCA) at the Norge Botello Aeronautical Complex of the …

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The Ministry of Culture and the Museums Agency are inviting to Christmas Nights this 13, 14 and 15 December 2024. The initiative opens up key museums for free visitations in addition to a myriad of special activities in the evening. Take time to visit the new Santo Domingo Cathedral museum at Isabel la Católica Street, …

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American Airlines is now operating daily flights from Miami International (MIA) to La Romana’s International Airport (LRM). The airplane used has capacity for 128 passengers. The around two-hour-and-a-half Flight AA3071 leaves Miami International each day at 10:30am and arrives at La Romana at 2pm local time. (DR is currently one hour ahead of Eastern Standard …

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Former long-time marketing guru of the Dominican Republic, now retired Magaly Toribio has published a first book on Strategies of Tourism Marketing, sharing what she learned during her long career as director of marketing at the Ministry of Tourism. She presents the Dominican Republic’s marketing case over the years, sharing insights into promotion, advertising, public …

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The Dominican Republic has once again set a new tourism record, surpassing 10 million visitors for the second consecutive year, a month earlier than in 2023. As of 30 November 2024, arrivals were 10,005,800 by both air and sea. November 2024 arrivals alone reached 881,499 visitors. President Luis Abinader and Tourism Minister David Collado announced the …

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The “Bride of the Atlantic,” otherwise known as Puerto Plata, on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, will play host to 86 cruise ships this month, the regional director of the Ministry of Tourism in Puerto Plata, Carlos Atahualpa Paulino, reports in a press release. This is a record for the city and certainly …

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Tourists from 107 countries can enter the Dominican Republic visa-free for short stays. Travel and Tour World online recently observed on how visa-free travel to the country is one of the reasons the Dominican Republic is consolidating its positioning as a leader in travel in the Americas. The visa-free facility is reciprocated by most countries. …

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Casa Mella-Russo (CMR), one of the newer art galleries in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City, is celebrating its third anniversary with the exhibition “In Love and Art.” The exhibition is a collaboration between two renowned artists and spouses, Frenchwoman Beatrice Escoffier and Dominican modernist painter José García Cordero. The exhibition will be open through April 2025. …

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Early on, Spaniard Gabriel Escarrer bought into the vision of the development of the Punta Cana destination and built one of the first resorts – the Melia Punta Cana. He is mourned in the Dominican Republic as one of the founders of the leading Caribbean destination. The family announced Escarrer’s passing on 26 November. He …

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