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The arrival of foreign tourists to the Dominican Republic plummeted by 72.56% in January compared to the same month last year, which is the first negative figure after six consecutive months of gradual recovery after the border closure decreed by the pandemic. The Central Bank reported this Friday that 130,093 foreign tourists arrived in the country in the first month of the year, which is 55,837 less than in December, which had been the best month since the start of the pandemic. Due to the pandemic, tourists’ arrival to the Dominican Republic fell back to 1996 figures due to the country closing its borders between March and June and then has been recovering travelers at a languid pace. In January 2021, the arrival of Dominicans residing abroad was also reduced […]

THIS WAS REPORTED BY THE MINISTER OF TOURISM, DAVID COLLADO   The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, again visited the province of Samaná, where the Samaná Tourism Cluster members, together with the Association of Hotels and Tourism Companies of Samaná ( Ahetsa ), presented the Comprehensive Tourism Development Plan for the province. In this sense, the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, announced that President Abinader approved US $ 2 million for commercial agreements with the airlines to enable a direct flight from the United States to Samaná. “In these five months, more has been done for Samaná than in many years. This is a clear sign of the Government’s commitment to tourism and especially to this province,” he said. The president emphasized that the Government prioritized relaunch tourism in said pole and others and continued to position […]

Since the opening of the tourism sector in the Dominican Republic in July of last year, the province of Samaná, due to the variety of accommodations, has managed to position itself as one of the favorites for tourists, mainly with significant demand in real estate tourism. Projects of apartments, villas, ecolodges, boutique hotels have been maintained with high occupancy, all applying the health and safety protocols recommended by the central government such as the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) and the Ministry of Tourism ( Mitur ). Another booming sector is nautical tourism; starting the high season, the Puerto Bahía Marina has received the visit of luxurious and modern mega yachts of up to 221 feet. Recreational boats, fishing boats, and sailboats of up to 84 feet have also arrived from different Caribbean marinas. Likewise, […]