Travel – Page 555

Hotel & Restaurant Association’s 4 October bulletin reports that the DR is the second leading Caribbean destination for French tourists. In 1999, the DR received 135,000 French tourists, and was second in number of French arrivals only to the French Antilles that received 650,000 French tourists. Minister of Tourism Ramon Alfredo Bordas said in a …

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The Listín Diario reports that the Mejía government will initiate the construction of the Santo Domingo-Samaná, San Pedro-Punta Cana, Monte Cristi-Puerto Plata highways. Also on the list is the construction of a major aqueduct in the Northwest that will supply water to the provinces of Dajabón, Monte Cristi, Valverde and Santiago Rodríguez. The announcement was …

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The Minister of Public Works Miguel Vargas announced the restarting of the construction of the bridge parallel to the Juan Pablo Duarte Bridge, the Santiago-Navarrete highway, the Autovía del Este. The completion of the Autovía del Este, together with the completion of works at the Las Americas Expressway, considerably reduce driving time from Santo Domingo …

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Air France is advertising its fall season sale fares to Europe and Asia. These fares are for round trip travel, departure before 17 December 2000, and some restrictions apply. From Santo Domingo, sample sale fares are: France, US$580 Spain US$650 England US$640 Holland US$700 Germany US$700 Switzerland US$830 Italy US$830 Austria US$930 Japan US$1,130 China …

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Casa de Campo, the largest resort in La Romana, proudly announces the good press it has been receiving. In August 2000, for the third time the popular Meetings & Conventions Magazine recognized the hotel with its "Excellent place for golf and Conventions" and awarded it the "Gold Tee Award." Hotels that compete for this award …

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