March 2009 - Posts
The Dominican Republic (DR) Ministry of Tourism is proud to be the Presenting Sponsor of the second annual Cap Cana Championship, an official PGA TOUR's Champions Tour event held on the country's breathtaking east coast. Since the first designer
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Santo Domingo. - A drive along the capital’s main avenues and the country’s provinces reveals that the commercial activity is on the rise, despite the international crisis and the violent actions by small groups which spread chaos in some
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The Dominican Republic's economy is coping better than many others in the face of the world downturn, the country's president has said. Leonel Fernandez told a meeting organised by the Economist Group this week that their prediction of one per
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BERLIN.- ‘Dominican Republic has it all’ is the slogan for the Tourism Ministry’s ad campaign unveiled yesterday to the German, Dominican and international press attending the word’s biggest fair, the ITB. Tourism minister Francisco
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Punta Cana.– As other hotel markets suffer, planned resorts indicate Dominican Republic remains desirable as Philadelphia-based AMResorts has announced that plans to develop two new luxury resorts at Cap Cana at a cost of US$200 million. Located
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According to Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa, the DR and Central America have yet to feel the pressures of the world economic crisis, saying that what is being seen is a deceleration of growth in the region's economies. Bengoa explained that a recession
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The Ministry of Tourism reported that last year occupation averaged 70.6%, compared to 72.20% in 2007. Highest occupancy rates were in Punta Cana-Bavaro with 77.7%. According to a recent report issued by the DR Ministry of Tourism, arrivals increased
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