Category : Touristic guide

Corales Puntacana Resort & Club to host Dominican Republic’s first PGA Tour Event

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- Puntacana Resort & Club, will be home to the 1st PGA Tour Event in the Dominican Republic. The Corales Puntacana Resort & Club will be host to the Championship from March 19 to 25 at Corales Golf Club, where...

State bank, Cluster to promote Colonial City’s tourism development

Santo Domingo.-The State-owned Reservas bank and the Santo Domingo Tourism Cluster on Tues. signed an agreement to promote the Colonial City’s tourism development, financial inclusion, banking and business ventures. Reservas CEO Simón Lizardo a...

Punta Cana fishing charters flourish with a little help from the Web

By Joris Zantvoort. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- Locals have known for a long time that sport fishing is one of the prime outdoor activities in Punta Cana. The rest of the world was less aware of this, but over the past few years this has been ch...

Whale Whisperer contest winner eager to hook up with humpbacks

Samaná, Dominican Republic .- For the 8th consecutive year, the Tourist Promotion Office -OPT- in Germany, organized the Whale Whisperer contest, won by German national Marlene Rybka, who arrived in the country at El Catey International Airport (nort...

Medina cuts ribbon on US$195.0M tourism project in the South

Bani, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Wed. cut the ribbon for the Puntarena tourism project beach club, in Sabana Buey, southern Peravia province, to be developed at a cost of US$195.0 million over the next seven years. The beach club...

Bill Clinton tours upscale Blue Mall Punta Cana

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- Former US president Bill Clinton was spotted Tues. in the country’s upscale Punta Cana Resort, where he’s enjoying tours and some recreational activities. Clinton arrived in the country several days ago, a...

Puerto Plata’s tourism rebound by the numbers

Puerto Plata.- Canadian, US, Russian and Swedish markets paced the growth of tourism to Puerto Plata by air, according to Central Bank figures. Puerto Plata posted a net jump of 41,740 visitors, non-resident foreigners in 2017, through Luperón Intern...

Govt. must solve energy crunch in Samaná tourism town

Samana, Dominican Republic.- The Dominican Tourism Press Association (ADOMPRETUR) in Samaná on Mon. called on the Electricity Superintendence and the electricity distributor Edenorte to quickly solve the energy crisis in the tourism town of El Limón....

Automated passport system to benefit Dominican, Puerto Rican ferry passengers

San Juan, Puerto Rico – US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Friday, along with the vessel operator of Ferries del Caribe <http://www.ferriesdelcaribe.com/> , the implementation of the first Automated Passport Control<http...

Transport bosses defend east coast monopoly

Santo Domingo.- Representatives of the inter-urban passenger bus service in the eastern province of La Altagracia called off their strike planned for Wednesday following a meeting headed by the executive director of the National Institute for Land Tr...

At over 95% finished, Colonial Zone readies major launch

Santo Domingo.- With over 500 businesses opening their doors since 2012, street lighting, undergrounding cables, revitalized houses and monuments, and the public spaces recovered, are the main achievements of the Colonial City’s (Zone) Tourism...

High expectations from South region tourism project

Santo Domingo.- The Tourism Ministry promotes the Puntarena tourism project as Dominican Republic’s next prime resort region, comparing it to Punta Cana. The construction of the property, called Playa Los Corbanitos, near Bani, Peravia provinc...

Pico Duarte facilities refurbished

Santo Domingo.- Ecotourism trails and facilities in Pico Duarte, the highest mountain peak in the Caribbean and the main attraction in the Armando Bermúdez and José del Carmen Ramírez National Parks have undergone repair and improvement works as part...

Growth boost for Dominican tourism

Madrid.- The planned construction of twenty-thousand new hotel rooms was one of the achievements announced at the 38th International Tourism Fair (FITUR) which concluded yesterday in the Spanish capital. Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García descr...

New power plant for east coast

Madrid.- The Punta Cana-Macao Energy Consortium (CEPM) will invest US$140 million in a 90 megawatt power generation plant in the Bávaro area. It is expected to be completed by November 2018, as well as a solar electricity park. The new power generati...