Travel – Page 567

Twenty-seven hotels and restaurants will participate in the Festival Gastronomico Dominicano. This is the 26th version of the leading Dominican gourmet event. The event will take place at the Salon Las Carabelas of the Hotel V Centenario Inter Continental as of 8 pm on Tuesday, 1 August and Wednesday, 2 August. Admission is RD$500 per …

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As of noon last Friday, travel on the Puerto Plata-Isabel de Torres skylift was discontinued. Skylift general manager Danilo Hiraldo promised the skylift will be back in operation at the end of this week. He says the skylift was closed for maintenance purposes. The Ministry of Tourism oversees the operation of the skylift. Hiraldo said …

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Minister of Tourism Felix Jimenez announced that at the end of his term on 16 August he will return to his career as a real estate developer. Jiménez was a successful real estate salesman prior to taking the post in 1996. He announced his next project will be Pueblo Bavaro, to be located in Veron, …

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Cerveza Presidente announces the celebration of its II Summer Games Presidente. The sports games will take place in Boca Chica, Cabarete and Salinas from 6 August to 3 September. To participate, one only needs to show a receipt of a purchase of a Presidente beer. The games include basketball, soccer, volleyball, obstacle courses and sumo …

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The IVth Ecotourism and Production Fair continues through 23 July in Hato Nuevo, Manoguayabo, in the National District. The area centers production of cattle raising, citrics, tropical plants amidst large extensions of planted sugar cane. In the area, remains of Taino civilizations have been found. Jose Serulle of the Fundación Ciencia y Arte organizes the …

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