Shopping plazas outside of the hotels also dot the main roads, with the largest collection of shops found in the Bávaro, El Cortecito and Punta Cana areas. Several large gift shops, catering to the excursion groups line the entrance into the city of Higuey from the East. The largest area shopping center is centrally located in the new Palma Real Village shopping center near the Cocotal Golf Course and the Paradisus Punta Cana, and Melia Tropical Caribe hotels.

   Punta Cana features the largest and most modern meeting facilities at the Barceló Bávaro Convention Center. Hotels in the area feature smaller facilities for meetings and conventions.

   Most area resorts feature small, onsite casinos and show areas or nightclubs or discos that cater exclusively to their guests. In many cases, public access to the resorts for the day/evening is available for a fee.

   Several discos at the hotels are open to the general public (tourists, hotel guests and local employees). These are Pacha Discotheque (at Riu Hotels), Areito (Hodelpa Resorts), and the Mangú Discotheque (Occidental Flamenco Hotel) with its giant screen for following important spectator sports events. Opening in 2007 is the Hard Rock Café at the Palma Real Village Shopping Center. In front of the Bávaro Princess, Tower Princess Casino is the largest in the east coastline, and offers free access to the general public.