{"id":240717,"date":"2025-08-26T01:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=240717"},"modified":"2025-08-26T05:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:33:54","slug":"dr-is-third-on-expedias-island-hot-list-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/dr-is-third-on-expedias-island-hot-list-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"DR is third on Expedia\u2019s Island Hot List 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-26-at-5.28.11\u202fAM-1024x623.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240744\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-26-at-5.28.11\u202fAM-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-26-at-5.28.11\u202fAM-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-26-at-5.28.11\u202fAM-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-26-at-5.28.11\u202fAM.png 1444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedia has launched its Island Hot List and the Dominican Republic is included in the top three. The Dominican Republic is the leading tourism destination in the Caribbean. The DR is listed in third place behind Aruba, Bali (Indonesia), and followed by Fiji and Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedia highlights these pluses for the top island destinations:<br>\u2022 Aruba (Best for Year-Round Sunshine)<br>\u2022 Bali, Indonesia (Best for Relaxation)<br>\u2022 Dominican Republic (Best for Adventure)<br>\u2022 Fiji (Best for Community)<br>\u2022 Jamaica (Best for Culture)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flight and hotel booking engine calls its Island Hot List a definitive guide to the best island destinations of the year. Expedia analyzes what matters most to travelers including standout stays, affordable prices, seamless flight access, and irresistible tourism appeal. Expedia explains that the inaugural curated report, released in July 2025, reveals global interest for islands is up on average 30%*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/see\/islandhotlist\">Expendia Island Hot List <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelweekly.com\/Caribbean-Travel\/Insights\/Expedia-Island-Hot-List-includes-Aruba-Jamaica-Dominican-Republic\">Travel Weekly <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 August 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expedia has launched its Island Hot List and the Dominican Republic is included in the top three. The Dominican Republic is the leading tourism destination in the Caribbean. The DR is listed in third place behind Aruba, Bali (Indonesia), and followed by Fiji and Jamaica. Expedia highlights these pluses for the top island destinations:\u2022 Aruba &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/dr-is-third-on-expedias-island-hot-list-2025\/\" 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":[339,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240717"}],"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=240717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240745,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240717\/revisions\/240745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}