Travel – Page 598

Los Corbanitos could be the next tourist area to begin development in the DR. Los Corbanitos is located in the southwestern province of Peravia, near Salinas (excellent site for windsurfing) and Las Calderas Navy Base. El Siglo newspaper reports that investors have made a proposal to the government-owned Inmobiliaria Corde for the purchase of 15 …

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Players set to be part of the US Professional Volleyball League, expected to begin in the USA in January 2001, will travel to the DR to play the Dominican national women’s volleyball team next week. Cristobal Marte, vice president of the Dominican Volleyball Federation and vice president of the International Volleyball Federation made the announcement. …

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Arturo Villanueva said that a large number of big hotels in the DR have not had to suffer through the present electricity crisis. The executive vice president of the National Hotel Association said that many of these hotels are on independent electricity production circuits. Major resorts in La Romana and La Altagracia provinces (Bayahibe, Dominicus, …

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Antonio Isa Conde told El Siglo that the pre-qualifying period for bidders for the state airline, Dominicana Airlines, is 29 February. He says the tender will take place 30 days afterwards. He said 21 companies have shown an interest in participating. He said that the larger debts of the former Compañía Dominicana de Aviación have …

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The Centro para el Control de Enfermedades Tropicales (CENCET), the organization in charge of tropical diseases in the DR, issued a report on 4 February whereby it states that it is no longer recommending malaria prophylaxis for tourists visiting the East Coast. The report was mailed out to health organizations around the world. In the …

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TWA flew its first flight to Punta Cana yesterday. The airline has started flights to Punta Cana from New York (JFK Airport) and New Jersey (Newark Airport). The airline expects to transport 300,000 tourists in 2000, which could contribute to a 40% increase in traffic to the East Coast airport. Travel Impressions is offering attractive …

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