Tagged: Dominican Republic

The Puerto Plata City Council approved a new fee of one dollar per tourist visiting the city, aiming to fund the development and upkeep of tourism and urban infrastructure. (more…)

The Ámber Cove and Taíno Bay terminals, which operate in the tourist destination of Puerto Plata, received 82.6% of the 2 million, 656,305 cruise passengers who arrived in the country last year. (more…)

Puerto Plata, known as “The Bride of the Atlantic,” is set to kick off 2025 with a tourism boom, welcoming 81 cruise ships to its main ports, Amber Cove and Taíno Bay. (more…)

Puerto Plata achieved a milestone in the Dominican Republic’s cruise tourism industry with the simultaneous arrival of two ships at the Taíno Bay port. (more…)

Puerto Plata is preparing to receive the arrival of 46 cruise ships during the month of November. (more…)

As part of efforts to develop the South and the Enriquillo region, President Luis Abinader inaugurated the second phase of the Port Cabo Rojo, a facility capable of receiving two large oasis-type cruise ships and welcoming up to 15,000 visitors. (more…)

The Dominican Port Authority (Apordom) reported that the Dominican Republic received 42 cruise ships in August. For September, it receives about 26 cruise ships arriving in the country through different terminals. (more…)

Authorities anticipate that the Dominican Republic will exceed 3 million cruise passengers by 2024 with the expansion of port infrastructure dedicated to accommodating cruise ships. (more…)

It’s no secret that the Dominican Republic is the most popular destination in the Caribbean, as measured by air visitors. (more…)

The Sur Futuro Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and local organizations in Pedernales, played a key role in preparations to ensure exceptional hospitality for visitors during the arrival of the second cruise at the port of Cabo Rojo. (more…)

Atahualpa Paulino, the Northern Regional Director of Tourism in the Northern zone, has announced that Puerto Plata will welcome a total of 52 cruise ships during April 2024. (more…)

After a period of silence in the province of Pedernales regarding the anticipated arrival of a cruise ship to Cabo Rojo following the inauguration of its port, Carnival Corporation has now confirmed that Holland America, one of its subsidiary companies, has scheduled a visit for April 8. (more…)

Atahualpa Paulino, the Northern Regional Director of the Ministry of Tourism, has revealed that Puerto Plata is set to welcome a total of 59 cruise ships, operating through the Amber Cove and Taino Bay tourist ports. (more…)

The Association of Hotels and Tourism (Asonahores) highlighted the tourism dynamism of Puerto Plata, a destination that the Ministry of Tourism (Mitur) promotes, especially at the Tourism Fair La Vitrina de ANATO 2024 in Bogota, Colombia. (more…)

President Luis Abinader has announced an ambitious vision for tourism growth in Pedernales with the launch of the new Cabo Rojo port, situated 245 kilometers southwest of the Dominican capital. (more…)

Following the successful completion of the first phase of the Port of Cabo Rojo in Pedernales, marked by the arrival of the first cruise ship, the Dominican government is now focusing on redeveloping the Arroyo Barril port in Samaná. (more…)

The first phase of the Cabo Rojo Port in Pedernales is ready to receive the first cruise ship next Thursday, January 4, at 10:30 am, with a ceremony to be led by President Luis Abinader, together with Jean Luis Rodríguez, director of the Dominican Port Authority (Apordom), officials and businessmen of the sector. (more…)

The Dominican Republic is set to welcome the first cruise ship of 2024 to the newly completed first phase of the Port of Cabo Rojo in Pedernales. (more…)

The Dominican Port Authority (Apordom) and ITM Group have announced that the construction of Cabo Rojo Port in the province of Pedernales will be completed by December of this year. (more…)

Puerto Plata is set to welcome a total of 30 cruise ships during the month of July. The arrivals will take place through the Amber Cove and Taino Bay tourist ports, as indicated by Atahualpa Paulino, the northern regional director of tourism. (more…)

For the past couple of years, the evolution and participation of the port sector in the Dominican Republic have been observed, aiming more and more at the goal of turning the country into a logistics HUB in the region. (more…)

A total of 29 cruise ships will be arriving during June of this year to Puerto Plata through the tourist ports Amber Cove and Taino Bay, according to the calendar shared by the Northern regional director of tourism, Atahualpa Paulino. (more…)

The construction and operation of a cruise terminal in Cabo Rojo port, which was granted an environmental license (number 0489-23) by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources on April 21, will have a positive economic impact on the population of Pedernales and the Enriquillo Region in the south of the Dominican Republic. (more…)

The director of the Dominican Port Authority (Apordom), Jean Luis Rodríguez, informed this Wednesday that some 801, 878 cruise passengers have arrived in the Dominican Republic, through the country’s different ports, compared to 337, 715 who visited the country in 2021. (more…)

As part of the strategic alliance agreed between the Puerto Plata Destination Tourism Cluster (CTDPP) and the School of Tourism and Gastronomy of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), students and professors of the university visited the ports of Amber Cove and Taino Bay, to apply surveys that will reflect the impact generated by the cruise industry in the value chain and the local economy. (more…)