Travel – Page 61

On 30 September 2022, the US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) and the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) had agreed to start negotiations to include the Dominican Republic in the US Global Entry foreign partner countries. Less than a year was to pass, when on 14 August 2023, the US government announced the enactment …

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Tourism Minister David Collado again proudly announced that July 2023 set a new record in tourist arrivals by air and sea. Some 792,981 tourists arrived by air. Of these 652,506 were foreigners and 140,475 were Dominicans. This is 34% more when compared to July in 2019, the pre-pandemic year, 41% compared to the month in …

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Las Galeras, on the easternmost tip of Samana, gets a Wyndham Alltra Samana as of 1 December 2023. Playa Hotels and Resorts announces the opening of the 404-room beach resort, the largest by far in the laid-back beach town of Las Galeras. The hotel is taking reservations for stays starting 1 December 2023. Rates for …

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The Presidency reported President Luis Abinader attended the inauguration of the Wyndham Garden El Morro Hotel in northwestern Montecristi province. The hotel is on Duarte Highway, 1.8 km before the city of Montecristi, capital of Montecristi province, the most northwestern in the country. The Wyndham Garden El Morro Hotel has 56 rooms. Its telephone is …

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President Luis Abinader and Tourism Minister David Collado announced last week the start of the Do Travel Rewards, the new initiative to motivate travel agents to sell more Dominican Republic vacations. 500 travel agents from the Americas region gathered at the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo for the launching of the rewards program. President …

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The legal advisor to the Presidency, Antoliano Peralta says that President Luis Abinader will veto the recently passed Civil Aviation Incentives Law because the legislators included a clause with fiscal incentives for domestic flights. Peralta said the bill as submitted by the Presidency only focused on promoting international flights. If vetoed, the bill will return …

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Tourists and hotel guests love to see the pink birds (Phoenicopterus ruber) on the grounds of the resorts. But they don’t give a second thought to the miserable life these elegant creatures taken from their natural environments are forced to live. Diario Libre has been following the plight of the birds in different reports. In …

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President Luis Abinader enacted Law 41-23 that declares the province of Espaillat as an ecotouristic province. The declaration comes with tax incentives and opens doors for accelerated development of tourism in the northern province. The new law creates the Provincial Fund for the Ecotourism Development of the province of Espaillat to be financed by the …

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The Senate and Chamber of Deputies have passed new civil aviation legislation with measures that seek to increase the competitiveness of Dominican Republic-based civil aviation. The bill moves to the Executive Branch for enactment. Its ruling needs to be prepared for the bill to go into effect. The Fiscal Incentive Regime for National Commercial Civil …

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With real estate selling at some of the highest prices for vacation property in the Dominican Republic, the St. Regis Cap Cana is now open for visitors. Forbes, the business magazine, tells its readers what’s included in the architectural design of the villas by the Caribbean Sea and the Jack Nicklaus Punta Espada golf course. …

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