Travel – Page 626

The decades old conflict between taxi drivers and hoteliers is again heating up. The debate revolves around the right of hoteliers to establish who can pick up passengers at their hotels and the rights of the tourists to choose their method of transport. The taxi unions maintain, however, that their service is protected under Ministry …

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American Eagle will start two daily flights to Santo Domingo, from Mayaguez, in Puerto Rico. They start on 15 January. The Monday to Friday flights are the only ones of the route. An introductory fare of RD$1,436.40 return will apply until 29 February. The partner airline of American Airlines will be using Short 350 aircraft …

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Pedro Sanchez, airport reporter for the Listin Diario, has emphasized the importance of remodelling the old terminal at Las Americas, which has now fallen into shameful disrepair and deterioration, all worsened by a fire in 1994. When the south terminal of the Las Americas Airport was opened, the plan was to renovate the old one …

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Promociones Turisticas has made known that it is building a residential project, El Ducado Village, on Cabeza de Toro along the East Coast and expects the completion of 600 residences to be ready by 1997. The residential community is going up amidst tropical vegetation and surrounded by restaurants, discotheques, bars and large swimming pools. Upon …

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The Caribbean tops the list of requested destinations that customers are booking through travel agents, according to a survey recently conducted by Infosystems, an independent fulfillment company. In a regular monthly survey of 34,000 travel agencies conducted by Infosystems, agents were asked to select the top three destinations for their customers. Out of the 52,053 …

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Months after the first equipment was installed at Las Americas to automate the car park, technicians from the Departamento Aeroportuario now report they are working on setting up the new system which will provide for the selling of parking tickets by machine.

Last week, the government adopted generic categories approved by the Union Mundial para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza to organize a system of protected areas. Decree 309-95 establishes six distinct categories. The new legislation will affect some developers who intended to establish tourist projects in areas that environmentalists feel should be strictly preserved for eco-tourism. …

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The newspaper Hoy reports that work is advancing on the planting of grass in areas adjacent to the Barahona International Airport’s 3,300 meter long runway. The newspaper has been following government efforts to ready the airport for use. The grass is being planted under the supervision of the runway’s builders, the Better Roads corporation of …

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Some 15 single and twin-engined light aircraft are expected to land on Monday, 8 January, at the Maria Montez Barahona International Airport. Frank Jorge Elias, the Minister of Tourism, reported that the members of the West Indies Flyers Club chose the Barahona airport for their visit to the Dominican Republic this year. Jorge Elías said …

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According to the statistics published by Pedro Sánchez of the Listín Diario, for the twelve months ending 31 December, some 2,118,380 passengers, both Dominicans and foreigners, made use of the Las Americas International Airport for arrivals and departures. Yaqui Núñez del Risco, governor of the airport, said some 1,051,546 travellers had arrived, including 483,416 Dominicans …

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