Puerto Plata hotels reported 34% occupancy in December and 71% occupancy over the last two weeks, with the long weekend seeing a rise of 80% capacity. In Punta Cana and Las Terrenas, occupancy was close to 100%, according to Hoy newspaper. <\/p>\n
The secretary of the Tourism Press Association in Puerto Plata, Edgar Lantigua, told the newspaper that hotels in Puerto Plata and Cabarete were over 80% occupied this past weekend. The report said that Lifestyle Holiday’s Vacation Resort is still in first place with 100% occupancy, and Marien, Iberostar Costa Dorada and others following closely. All the hotels in Playa Dorada were reporting improved occupancy over the November and December 2011 figures. <\/p>\n
On the east coast, the president of the Hotel Association of the East, Ernesto Veloz, said that the hotels in the area have been at 100% since the beginning of the tourist season, everything in the area was full and over the weekend. At present there are 350 weekly flights into the Punta Cana International Airport. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Puerto Plata hotels reported 34% occupancy in December and 71% occupancy over the last two weeks, with the long weekend seeing a rise of 80% capacity. In Punta Cana and Las Terrenas, occupancy was close to 100%, according to Hoy newspaper. The secretary of the Tourism Press Association in Puerto Plata, Edgar Lantigua, told the … <\/p>\n