IslandsCaribbean Weekday
Edition 2021-04-27
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IslandsCaribbean Weekday is a weekly PHC Travel Newsletter, published on Tuesdays, which depicts current happenings in the Hospitality Sector of the Caribbean Islands, for hotel owners/operators, investors, suppliers, and patrons alike.
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David Jessop | Regional tourism outlook brightening
Recently published visitor arrival figures indicate that Caribbean tourism has started down the long road to recovery. Following a disastrous 2020, during which governments closed borders to try to halt the spread of COVID-19 and months when the...
Tourist arrivals to Dominican Republic climb 3.4%
Santo Domingo.- The arrival of tourists to the Dominican Republic grew 3.4 percent in March this year compared to the same month in 2020, when the incidence of the pandemic began. The information was offered by President Luis Abinader during the signing of the agreement for the entry into operation of the Norwegian Cruise Line cruise chain in the country, adding that 263,857 tourists arrived in the Dominican territory in March. He stressed that the figure also represents a 56% growth in relation to February this year, which is “transcendent in the recovery of the sector.”
Punta Cana records high demand of U.S. travelers for the summer
ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM CheapOair According to a new report from CheapOair, Punta Cana is experiencing strong demand for summer travel among U.S. travelers. The online travel agency indicated that Punta Cana, the travel hub of the Dominican Republic, is experiencing considerable demand, positioning the country as one of the main hubs for tourism in the Caribbean. And no wonder, since the Punta Cana airport concentrates more than half of the reservations made to date to arrive in the second quarter of the year, informed the Minister of Tourism, David Collado. In addition to the positive performance of airline ticket reservations, there has been a good performance in the index of short and long-term room reservations per night in all areas of the country, where the volume of […]
Leading Travel Company to Promote Chinese Tourism to Cuba
Cuba’s Consul General in Shanghai, Nestor Torres, visited the headquarters of Trip.com Group on March 25 and was received by Edison Chen, general manager of the Destination Business Department. During the meeting, they discussed plans to promote Chinese tourism to Cuba. The diplomat pointed out the need to strengthen communication between the Trip.com group, the Cuban Ministry of Tourism and Cuban agencies and tour operators, to support and stimulate the recovery of travel by Chinese tourists, once the sanitary conditions […]
New Survey Suggests Majority of People Want To Travel Internationally Now
A new survey asked more than 8,000 people worldwide their thoughts on everything from desire to travel to vaccination mandates.
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