Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Old rocks, new tourism
Scientists working in the Central Mountains near Jarabacoa have discovered rocks dating back 160 or 170 million years, containing chromium, silver and platinum. The rocks also come from the Pacific Ocean. As a result, according to Diario Libre, a new type of tourism, scientific tourism, could develop as a result. The project that found the [...]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Cap Cana becomes 10th property to join Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
Punta Cana.– For the last few years, Cap Cana has been billed as the Caribbean’s “Next Great Destination.” With each week, it is becoming clear that perhaps it is time to drop the word “Next.” Cap Cana, which in less than two years has opened a world-ranked golf course, has set global property sales records, [...]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Dominican regions languish for lack of legal framework, Tourism chief says
SANTO DOMINGO. – “Miches has some of the most beautiful beaches but we haven’t been able to develop it because it doesn’t have a road,” said Tourism minister Felix Jimenez today, to stress the need for what he sees are 19 provinces in need of infrastructure for development. He said those areas await the approval [...]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Dominican Roco Ki requires US$90mn for infrastructure development
Santo Domingo.– The Roco Ki tourism project being built in the Dominican Republic will call for an estimated total investment of US$90mn in infrastructure works, a project promotion official revealed during the 6th Latin American Leadership Forum, held in Miami this week. The initiative is being developed in Punta Cana, on the country’s eastern coast. [...]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Top hotelier touts new luxury hotels in Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo.- The president of the National Hotels and Restaurants Association (ASONAHORES) praised the construction of a new generation of luxury hotels in Dominican Republic such as chains NH Hotels, Ritz-Carlton, Westin and Fairmont.
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Dominican lawmakers reject proposed tourism entity's sweeping powers
SANTO DOMINGO.- The bill which creates the National Tourism Development Institute (Indetur) has met resistance in the Chamber of Deputies which if approves it, would give the new entity sweeping powers to propose the “tourism poles,” including the Executive Branch decree for them. It would give wide powers to the Tourism Minister, who would preside [...]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Hoteliers defend bill would revamp Dominican tourism industry
SANTO DOMINGO.- National Hotels and Restaurants Association president Luis Lopez yesterday defended the bill which creates the National Tourism Development Institute (Indetur), whereas Tourism minister Felix Jiménez (Felucho) didn’t comment on the piece that would grant sweeping powers to that government agency’s chief. But Dominican Municipalities Federation president Fausto Ruiz said he’s concerned the initiative [...]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Viva launches Viva Residence in several Dominican resorts
Santo Domingo. – The chain Viva Resorts launched last night its “Viva Residence” product aimed at the residential tourism market, to start in Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata and Las Terrenas, Samaná. The real estate development will include Mexico, Bahamas and Brazil and will include Bayahibe, La Altagracia, in the country’s coast east The architect Antonio [...]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Secluded Dominican region is an ecotourism pot-of-gold
PEDERNALES, Dominican Republic.- The otherwise best-kept secret of the Dominican Republic yearns to become a household word, as its 89 kilometers of beaches with barely 200 basic hotel rooms makes the Pedernales peninsula a most attractive region for investors seeking future potential and for adventurers after the unspoiled. “No high-density tourism for us,” says the [...]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Second largest Dominican city to get Delta flights daily
Santo Domingo.- Delta Airlines continues to expand in the Caribbean with a new nonstop daily service from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to Santiago (north), starting in December. Santiago is one of the Dominican Republic’s main cultural and educative centers and industrial zones, which produces rum, leather and textiles.
