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Sky High begins flights to Guyana; DR strengths its English-speaking Caribbean connections

Santo Domingo continues to reinforce its positioning as the hub for the Caribbean with direct flights to capitals of the English-speaking Caribbean. Santo Domingo’s Las Americas, with Arajet, Sky High and Sky Cana are connecting the insular and continental Caribbean. Likewise, Air Century also maintains regular service to and from several islands in the Caribbean. …
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Montecristi Park restoration completed

Tourism Minister David Collado was in Montecristi on 20 February 2024 for the inauguration of renovation works carried out at the Duarte Park (4,935 square meters) in the northwesternmost provincial capital city. “Today we return here fulfilling our commitment to deliver this emblematic Montecristi park refurbished,” said Minister Collado. He stated that this work is …
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Six challenges to keep Dominican tourism doing well

Diario Libre editorial page news analyst, lawyer and university professor Jose Luis Taveras wrote this past week about what was headlined in the newspaper “Five Brief Steps to Kill Tourism”. In an alert to the government and the industry, the acute writer pinpoints the contributions tourism makes, but also its vulnerability. He mentions tourism is …
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Anabel Bueno is new DR prepresentative to the WTO

Ambassador Anabel Bueno Santana presented her credentials as Dominican Republic’s Permanent Representative to the World Tourism Organization (UN-Tourism) to the Secretary General of said organization, Zurab Pololiskashvili on 25 January 2024. During the ceremony, Ambassador Bueno reaffirmed the commitment of the Dominican Republic to multilateralism and UN Tourism efforts, considering the importance of the tourism …