Travel – Page 455

Central Bank travel statistics show that travel from the United States is up 25% for the first ten months of the year. Some 729,471 foreign non-resident arrivals passed through Dominican airports from January to October 2003, compared to 581,441 for the same period in 2002 or 147,030 more travelers. US foreign arrivals made up 31% …

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Most European countries are showing significant increases in travel to the Dominican Republic for the first ten months of the year. Overall, 22.4% more Europeans have visited this year. According to the Central Bank January to October 2003 statistical report, traffic is up for all reported countries, with the exception of Sweden. Travel from Europe …

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Central Bank statistics indicate travel to the Dominican Republic is up to a record 2,285,054 foreign air arrivals for the first ten months of the year. This is a 21.6% increase for the January to October period. Traffic to the DR is outpacing the increases to other Caribbean destinations. The depreciation of the Dominican peso …

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Punta Cana continues to receive the most foreign tourist air arrivals. Punta Cana International Airport statistics show that 1,071,226 passengers arrived by that eastern port of entry. This year, the Punta Cana terminal alone has received 293,339 more tourists. 99% of Punta Cana International Airport arrivals are foreign tourists. This is 46.8% of all foreign …

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Some 113,814 more tourists visited this year by cruise ship than last year. According to the Central Bank, the Port of La Romana received the most traffic, with 180,225 arrivals, some 99,728 more than last year. Samana port received 18,541 maritime arrivals, up from 2,376 last year. Activity in Puerto Plata was slightly up, with …

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After over 25 years in the field, Miguelina Ortiz was appointed last week Minister of Tourism. The nomination was made public when she was abroad heading the Dominican delegation that was attending the London World Travel Market. In 1979, Ortiz first joined the Dominican government tourism department working under Victor Cabral. She held posts as …

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Transaero (http://www.transaero.ru/) will begin non-stop service from Moscow (MOW) to Punta Cana (PUJ) effective 30 December. The flight will take 12 hours and 10 minutes, with a shorter return trip of 11 hours and 10 minutes. The airline will reportedly fly over Scandinavia, then to Iceland, entering over Canada and finally across the Atlantic Ocean …

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Wyndham International, the fifth largest US hotel chain and the largest hotel brand in the Caribbean, will become a major player in Dominican travel as of 1 December. Under a 10-year strategic alliance agreement, the seven Viva Resorts properties in the Bahamas, Mexico and the three in the Dominican Republic are being re-branded as Viva …

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One hundred and forty French and Swiss tourists were left in the lurch in Puerto Plata when the tour operator that had brought them to the North Shore closed up shop. The Swiss company, Avione Travel, did not pay the hotel where the tourists were staying and apparently ceased operations while the tourists were vacationing …

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The fall of the peso, while disastrous for so many, makes the Dominican Republic a very attractive proposition for tourists, and the sector is experiencing a boom, with high hotel occupancy levels. The first ten months of the year saw a record number of tourist arrivals numbering nearly 2,700,000 – the first Caribbean tourist destination …

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