Travel – Page 451

The Dominican Republic is getting lots of free good press thanks to its award-winning baseball players. As noted in the Listin Diario today, Dominicans have won the Most Valuable Player awards in the National and American league playoffs (Albert Pujols and David Ortiz), the Major League Home Run Derby of the All Star Games (Miguel …

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This year?s official Ministry of Labor calendar bodes well for domestic travel. For starters, Dominicans will enjoy a record long Christmas season as the authorities decided to move to Monday, 10 January the celebration of Epiphany Day, instead of moving it to Friday, 7 January. Thus, school children will be off until 11 January. Furthermore, …

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American Trans Air (ATA), Bahamasair and Spirit will be flying to the Dominican Republic starting this winter season. American Trans Air (ATA) announces seasonal scheduled service to Punta Cana from Chicago-Midway. This starts 18 December and continues until 29 January on Saturdays only. Also from 2 February through 16 April on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Bahamasair, …

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Central Bank January-August statistics seem to prove the Dominican Republic is a family and couples destination. The statistics dispute in numbers that the Dominican Republic is a major sex destination, as many times claimed. Statistics show that from January to August 2004, some 1,065,856 foreign men traveled to the DR, and 1,009,499 foreign women. Nevertheless, …

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Central Bank August statistics show that charter flights and scheduled flights transported a similar number of passengers to the country from January to August. Scheduled flights transported 1,234,068 passengers, while charters flew in 1,234,068 travelers. Las Americas received the largest number of regular flight travelers, with 804,580 travelers of 828,712 air arrivals at that Santo …

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Since Hurricane Jeanne, DR1 has responded to thousands of requests for information regarding the status of resorts and hotels. To fill the void for timely information, DR1 has launched its new Centralized Information System where travel agents and tourists themselves can visit the page to find updated information on the status of the hotels and …

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Two feature stories on Punta Cana won awards during the 2nd Annual Worldwide Travel Writer/Photographer Awards Contest sponsored by the Caribbean Tourism Organization. CTO announced the winners today during the 27th Caribbean Tourism Conference held in Aruba. Ron Cobb of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch won the ?Best Feature Article in a Consumer Publication? for his …

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The construction of a provisional causeway over the Chavon River represents good news for drivers and signifies the return to normalcy in the eastern region of the country. The bridge that originally spanned the Chavon River crossing collapsed on 16 September due to the excess waters delivered by Hurricane Jeanne. Since that time the easterly …

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It’s baseball time in the Dominican Republic with the start of the Professional Baseball League Winter Championship on Friday, 22 October in Santo Domingo, San Francisco de Macoris and San Pedro de Macoris stadiums. The opening game for Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Ball Park has the Licey facing Escogido. In San Pedro de Macoris, it is …

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The Dominican Republic Jazz Festival runs Friday, 22 October through 24 October in the towns of Puerto Plata, Cabarete and Sosua. Puerto Rican flautist Nestor Torres will be playing in Puerto Plata this year, as well as the US?s Steve Khan and Dominicans Guarionex Aquino, Sandy Gabriel, Felle Vega and Patricia Pereyra. The festival?s program …

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