Travel – Page 518

Minister of Environment Frank Moya Pons announced that for the winter tourism season the Cueva de las Maravillas, a cave located between San Pedro de Macoris and La Romana, will be readied to receive visitors. The Minister says they expect 400,000 tourists will visit the cave in its first year. The cave has pictographs and …

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The president of the Grupo Sol Melia, Gabriel Escarrer speaking during the workshop, “Tourism, Nature and New Technologies” at the Central Bank highlighted the importance of integrating the natural environment when building tourism resorts. Escarrer spoke of the challenges ahead for the development of tourism around the world. He mentioned avoiding high-density hotels, achieving equilibrium …

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The Dominican Republic will host the XIth World Youth Female Volleyball Championship this 1-9 September. The event will take place at the Palacio de los Deportes venues in Santo Domingo (Virgilio Travieso Soto) and Santiago (Oscar Gobaira). Coming for the event will be the world’s best from these regions: Europe: Czechoslovakia, Croatia, Poland, Turkey, Germany …

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The Central Bank has announced a second tender for the Playa Grande and Montellano tourism development projects. A first tender called in 1999 did not attract enough bidders for it to go ahead. The Playa Grande development is valued at US$100 million and is eight million square meters in size plus the Playa Grande Golf …

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Sixty five wind surfing competitors from 14 nations in Europe and the Americas are expected to participate in the annual Cabarete Race Week starting today through Saturday 23 June. There will be slalom competitions, course racing and freestyle competitions in the men, women, and youth categories. The event abides by the rules of the Professional …

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The Ministry of Tourism presented its US$38 million advertising campaign yesterday. The campaign seeks to promote the DR in Europe, the US and Canada. The Minister of Tourism Ramon Alfredo Bordas said 45% of the budget will be invested in the European market, 40% in the US and Canadian markets and 15% in domestic markets. …

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