{"id":193436,"date":"2023-02-14T04:24:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T08:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=193436"},"modified":"2023-02-14T09:04:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T13:04:30","slug":"arajet-is-first-airline-not-to-charge-local-residents-the-us10-tourist-card-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/02\/14\/arajet-is-first-airline-not-to-charge-local-residents-the-us10-tourist-card-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Arajet is first airline not to charge local residents the US$10 tourist card fee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arajet-N-Digital-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-193514\" width=\"600\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican low-cost carrier, Arajet is the first local airline to eliminate the US$10 tourist card fee charged to Dominican nationals and residents. Now local residents that fly with Arajet will be exempt from the charge. At present, local residents need to request a reimbursement. The law establishes that only tourists should pay the tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican airline Arajet is the first to adapt its computer system to eliminate the US$10 tourist card fee charged to Dominican users, as stipulated by a resolution of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) for airlines transporting passengers to and from the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) has given international airlines to 1 March 2023 to apply the resolution and selectively apply the charge only to foreign tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/jac.gob.do\/index.php\/noticias\/item\/715-linea-aerea-dominicana-y-gobierno-inician-aplicacion-de-mecanismo-para-no-cobrar-tarjeta-de-turismo-a-pasajeros-dominicanos-y-residentes-legales\">Civil Aviation Board <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitur.gob.do\/noticias\/arajet-y-la-jac-arajet-y-el-gobierno-inician-proceso-para-no-cobrar-tarjeta-de-turista-a-dominicanos\/\">Mitur <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2023\/02\/08\/arajet-es-la-primera-aerolinea-que-elimina-cobro-de-tarjeta-turista-a-dominicanos\/\">N Digital <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 February 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican low-cost carrier, Arajet is the first local airline to eliminate the US$10 tourist card fee charged to Dominican nationals and residents. Now local residents that fly with Arajet will be exempt from the charge. At present, local residents need to request a reimbursement. The law establishes that only tourists should pay the tax. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/02\/14\/arajet-is-first-airline-not-to-charge-local-residents-the-us10-tourist-card-fee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[318,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193436"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193515,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193436\/revisions\/193515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}