Dominican Republic lifts Covid restrictions at airports

 Random tests are no longer in effect as of Saturday.

 This measure has been provided for in CAB Resolution 99-2022.

The Civil Aviation Board ( JAC ) annulled this Saturday, April 23, 2022, the measure that established the performance of random PCR breath tests to diagnose Covid-19 at the airports of the Dominican Republic.

Through Resolution 99-2022, the entity indicated that “random tests for rapid detection of Covid-19 for passengers and crew upon arrival in the Dominican Republic are nullified. However, when required, random testing operations may be carried out. Passengers who present a vaccination card will be exempt from random tests.

In addition, the document indicates that the measures will be reviewed in case new actions are required to prevent the entry into Dominican territory of variants of Covid-19.

Dominican Republic gets Cruise Association’s kudos

Miami.- The Dominican Republic was recognized by the Florida and Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) as an important cruise destination in the world in a ceremony held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami.

“This is the result of all the work that we have been carrying out together with President Luis Abinader to promote cruise tourism, with destinations such as Puerto Plata, with Amber Cove and Taíno Bay, as a great attraction,”

Said David Collado, Minister of Tourism.

Collado credited the work of the Dominican Port Authority and its director Jean Luis Rodríguez for making it possible for the ports to be at the level expected.

Michelle Paige, president of the FCCA, presented Collado with recognition for the recovery of tourism in the country and, above all, for the successful reopening of cruise destinations.

“Together we will make history and make sure things are better than ever. We trust the Dominican Republic a lot and that is why we recognize them today,” Paige said.

Dominican Gov. to unveil tourism master plan for Southwest

Santo Domingo.- For next Friday, April 29 the Pro Pedernales Trust plans to hold a public hearing to present the results of the latest environmental impact studies carried out by that entity for the Cabo Rojo Tourism Development Plan.

In a statement it indicates that the institution’s technical team is currently analyzing said results for presentation in Pedernales province.

The plan covers an area of ​​approximately 38 million square meters and will include the construction of luxury and ecological hotels, with sustainable energy generation capacity, in addition to the construction of affordable housing for the employees of the area and the project.

The strategy, which is carried out among important protected areas for their ecological value, is monitored by environmental groups who hope that the initiative will not harm the natural reserves of the province, which they understand are vital for a sustainable project.

Iberojet’s alliance with Air Europa will promote flights to Punta Cana

The Ávoris airline will offer its flights with the entire route issued in a single ticket

Itineraries combining flights will be from May 2

Iberojet has signed an interline agreement with Air Europa to connect its intercontinental flights with the domestic and European network of the Globaliacompany.

Through the alliance, which will start on May 2, the Ávoris airline will offer its flights with the entire route issued in a single ticket.

Likewise, the suitcase will be checked in from origin to the final destination: Punta Cana, Cancun, Havana, Varadero, San José ( Costa Rica ), Los Cabos ( Mexico ), and Mauritius, from and to 13 destinations in Spain and another 11 Europeans operated by Air Europe.

The itineraries combining Air Europa flights with Iberojet will be on sale both in the global distribution systems (GDS) and on iberojet.com.

With this, Iberojet moves its operations from T4 to Terminal 1 of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport, thus reducing waiting times on connecting flights with Air Europa.

To improve the service, Iberojet has modified the schedule of some routes to optimize the connection with those of Air Europa. One of the flights experiencing these changes is the one from Havana, which, starting in May, will depart 3 hours later than the current time.

Paul Verhagen, deputy general manager of Iberojet, highlights that “one of the fundamental pillars since the creation of the airline has been to offer a comfortable experience for the traveler, in which our customers do not have worries during the journey to their destination.”

“This new agreement, thanks to which our connection options with flights from Spain and Europe to our destinations in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Oceans grow, will make our traveler’s experience even more pleasant and comfortable,” he said.

DATE 2022, key to reactivate tourism: will attract participants from 25 countries

The Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic ( Asonahores ) announced that the “Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange” DATE 2022 fair, in its twenty-second version, will be hosting 25 countries from the 40 leading source markets of tourists who visit the country.

Rafael Blanco Tejera, president of Asonahores, said that Asonahores seeks through DATE to strengthen the growth of the tourism sector to increase the flow of tourists and continue contributing to the national economic recovery.

“We are promoting our main fair to expose to a large group of tour operators the best of the country’s tourist and complementary offer and facilitate expansion and investment opportunities,” he said.

The big event is the leading trade fair for the local tourism product held from May 11 to 13 at the Barceló Bávaro Convention Center, Punta Cana.

For this reason, Asonahores indicated that during the event, they would receive more than 150 companies between suppliers and buyers from 25 countries of the main issuing markets who will be in contact with the different segments and the great diversity of attractions offered by the Dominican tourism product.

The entity expressed the importance of holding the event as an initiative to boost the tourism industry in the country and increase the number of tourists visiting the country in the short and long term.

Date 2022 will feature the participation of important local and international press media who will exhaust a plan designed by Asonahores where they will learn about the news and diversity of Dominican tourist destinations.

They highlighted that this new edition of DATE would be promoting the elimination of paper use, developing the event with digital elements according to international protocols, and promoting environmental sustainability as an important initiative of the local tourism sector to contribute to the care of our natural resources.

Masks are now optional on major US airlines

After a federal judge in Florida struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for airplanes and other methods of public transportation, airlines are beginning to act.

For this reason, several US airlines announced that masks are now optional on their planes: Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and JetBlue.

Delta Air Lines said it will make masks optional and warned travelers “may experience inconsistent application over the next 24 hours as this news is communicated more widely.”

“Given the unexpected nature of this announcement, please note that customers, airline employees, and employees of federal agencies, such as the TSA, may receive this information at different times,” the airline said.

Meanwhile, United Airlines said that “masks are no longer required at United on domestic flights, select international flights (depending on arrival country’s mask requirements), or at US airports.”

For its part, Alaska Airlines stated that masks are now optional and asked passengers to be considerate.

“While we are pleased that this means many of us can see your smiling faces, we understand that some may have mixed feelings,” the airline posted.

“Remember to be nice to each other and that wearing a mask while traveling is still an option,” he added.

American Airlines said, “face masks will no longer be required for our customers and team members at US airports and domestic flights.”

Please note that face masks may still be required depending on local ordinances or when traveling to/from certain international locations depending on country requirements.

Alaska Airlines said some of its passengers barred from the airline during the mask policy would continue to be barred from its planes.

Southwest Airlines, meanwhile, said on its website that employees and customers can “choose whether they’d like to wear a mask, and we encourage people to make the best choice to support their personal well-being.”

It also said it would “continue to support the comfort of those traveling with us by offering additional layers of protection.”

And JetBlue, through a tweet, stated that masks would be optional within the United States. “While no longer required, customers and crew members can continue to wear face coverings in our terminals and onboard our aircraft.”

Meanwhile, Amtrak said it would no longer require face masks for passengers and employees on the ground.

It is recalled that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended the mandate to use masks until May 3. The masking requirement was applied to planes, trains, and other forms of public transportation. A Biden administration official says the order is no longer in effect while the ruling is reviewed.

Hidalgo: “Dominican Republic is one of the few countries that are already almost normal”

Highlights increase in hotel occupancy in the DR

He sees isolation measures as currently unnecessary.

“When this (from the covid-19 pandemic) arrived, I remembered that Jesus Christ rose on the third day, but I thought that the country would take three years to be as we were before. There are a few countries that are already established, that are already normal, and one of the countries that is almost normal is Santo Domingo . It will cost other countries much more”, indicated the president of Globalia, Juan José Hidalgo.

When Hidalgo cites Santo Domingo, he refers specifically to the country. It is common for it to occur when foreigners and tourists travel to the national territory.

“Without a doubt, SD is an example. There, what is always talked about is that you have to push forward. That many tourists come, and that we are almost normal. It is a country that is facing difficulties,” said the businessman in an interview with El Caribe.

He stated that the type mentioned above of progress, work, and effort gives people confidence, and that is expressed in an increase in hotel occupancy and a good frequency of entry and exit of airline flights, as is the case of his company ( Air Europa ), which goes daily to Santo Domingo and two days a week -now in winter- to Punta Cana.

“The planes are full. So I think that openness and how the government has dealt with this pandemic are very important,” he explained.

For Hidalgo, the isolation measures, due to the health situation in the world, are no longer necessary because they are very drastic for the tourism economy.

In Canada, DR’s attractions stand out as an investment destination

Ottawa, Canada. Canadian businessmen from various sectors, government officials of this country, and representatives of the diplomatic corps participated in the reception conference “Benefits of investing in the Dominican Republic from the angle of foreign experience.”

The activity was defined by the Dominican Ambassador to Canada, Michelle Cohen, as the prelude to the organization of a second mixed (public-private) mission to the Dominican Republic to explore trade and investment opportunities.

The conference reception, hosted by the Dominican Embassy in Canada, was attended by Mrs. Robin Bernstein, former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, as a special guest.

Bernstein stressed that he traveled to Ottawa to show the important relationship between the Caribbean country and the United States.

The diplomat highlighted the ease of doing business in the country and what the thriving tourism sector offers to foreign investors.

The Dominican Ambassador to Canada, Michelle Cohen, thanked those present, especially Mrs. Bernstein, for accepting the invitation to such an important meeting and for the work done in the country during her tenure as a diplomat.

She recalled that in the management as ambassador, Bernstein received a commercial mission from about 50 companies, ports, and commercial representatives of Florida, very interested in the Dominican Republic.

“In addition to the territorial proximity between the Dominican Republic and North America, the Dominican Republic has the advantage that the Dominican government offers a good level of confidence, political stability and solid incentives to investors for the trade, manufacturing, construction, agribusiness, hospitality and other sectors, so we invite Canadians to invest and do business with our country,” Cohen noted.

Between January and March 2022, higher air passenger flow than in the same period in 2021

During the first quarter of 2022, 3,812,010 passengers were mobilized through the international terminals of the Dominican Republic. In addition, according to the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) data, passengers were transported in 29,781 regular flight operations carried out to and from Dominican territory.

When the comparison is made with the first quarter of 2021, in 2022, passengers were mobilized by 123.94% more than last year. Between January to March of last year, 1,702,235 passengers were transferred, and in the same period of 2022, 3,812,010 passengers were transferred. Passenger mobilizations in the first quarters of the years 2018 to 2022, as a whole, total 16,978,454 passengers.

On the other hand, if the first quarter of 2022 is compared to the same period in 2018, a decrease of -3.35% is obtained, going from 3,944,131 passengers in 2018 to 3,812,010 in 2022.

When this comparison is made with 2019, the year before the pandemic, there is a drop of -9.04%. In 2019, 4,191,022 passengers were mobilized during the first quarter.

The Civil Aviation Board explains through the documents provided to Diario Libre that between January and March 2020 -the months before the COVID-19 emergency- 3,329,056 passengers were mobilized through the international terminals of the Dominican Republic. Compared to the same period in 2022, the data shows that there was a growth of 14.50% in this last year.

Aircraft movement

Also, the first two months of 2022 saw an aircraft movement of 19,498, of which 9,757 were arrivals and 9,741 departures. In contrast to 2020, this number represents a 2% decrease: January decreased by 1%, and February decreased by 3%.

The JAC clarifies that, from the point of view of aircraft movement, the country has shown a total recovery since October 2021 because, in those five months (October 2021-February 2022), more than 300 flights have been generated than in the same five months. of the years 2019-2020.

The document explains that 1,346,412 passengers were transported in 10,285 operations as of March, making this the third March with the most significant number of passengers in the country’s history, after March 2019 and 2018.

Likewise, the JAC reported that in the first quarter of 2022, 5,611 incoming and outgoing charter flight operations were registered, totaling 29,787 regular and non-regular air operations carried out from January to March of the year.

Recently, the president of the JAC, José Marte Piantini, said that “the establishment of bilateral air transport relations arranged by the Dominican Republic through the JAC has contributed significantly to connectivity, resulting in gains mainly for air transport users.”

Marte Piantini also reported that during January, February, and March 2022, the country received 266 commercial airlines from different parts of the world, to which the operations of the Arajet airline will be added starting next May.

General Commander of the Air Force supervises Holy Week operations in Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata, DR

The Commander General of the Air Force of the Dominican Republic, Pilot Major General Leonel Amílcar Muñoz Noboa, led a tour of the main beaches and resorts of the Puerto Plata province to verify that national and international vacationers are safe during the holiday and thus giving support to the other emergency response agencies arranged in the “Awareness for Life” Operation Easter 2022, which seeks to mitigate any accident or incident.

Major General Muñoz was accompanied by Pilot Brigadier General Manuel Abad García Lithgow, commander of the Puerto Plata Air Base, and Paratrooper Brigadier General Rafael Castellanos Dotel, director of DECEFARD.

Similarly, they supervised the operation of the Mobile Hospital located at the Puerto Plata Air Base, together with Mrs. Claritza Rochette, provincial governor; Ginette Bournigal, provincial senator; Mileyka Brugal, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of the same province, among other civil and military authorities.

Playa Sosúa, Cabarete, Long Beach, Playa Dorada, and other attractive points in the area for vacationers who take advantage of the “Semana Mayor” time off were among the supervised places.

The Commander General also made an aerial tour of the northern zone and other locations.

Punta Cana-Bavaro has highest hotel occupancy

Santo Domingo.- The average hotel occupancy rate in the country for this Easter Week is 74.6%, according to figures from the Dominican Republic Hotels and Tourism Association (Asonahores). The Punta Cana-Bavaro destination registers the highest occupancy rate.

The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, said at the beginning of the week that the occupancy rate was around 95 percent.

For this holiday, the Punta Cana-Bavaro destination has an average occupancy rate of 88.2%, surpassing the average occupancy rate in 2019, the year before the Covid-19 pandemic when it was 85.4%.

According to Asonahores’ average net hotel occupancy rate, the difference in average occupancy between last year and 2022 is 129.7%.

It specifies that the occupancy forecast for the area of Boca Chica and Juan Dolio is 71.0%, in La Romana Bayahibe it also reaches 88.2%, and in Puerto Plata, the forecast is 66.3%.

In Sosua and Cabarete the occupancy rate this year is estimated at 55.0% and for Samana, it is 79.0%.

Last year, after the reopening, only the destination of Samaná reached 51.5% average occupancy due to the effects of the pandemic, while the other destinations were between 39% and 49%.

In 2019, total occupancy was 80.5% and by 2021 it dropped to 43.8%.

The North Coast region consists of the provinces of María Trinidad Sánchez, Puerto Plata and Samaná.

In these areas, the Atlantic Ocean dominates the landscape, from the beaches and cliffs in Nagua, Cabrera and Río San Juan, to the beaches of Cabarete, Sosúa, Cofresí, Maimón and Punta Rucia, in Puerto Plata province.

Punta Rucia is one of the departure points to Cayo Arena, an idyllic desert island with white sand and coral reefs.

In Samaná, visitors can divide their time between the beaches and lush mountains.

The beaches of Las Terrenas, Cosón, Portillo, El Limón, and Las Galeras are the main attractions on the peninsula. And for those who prefer to explore the mountains, the El Limón waterfall is an unmissable excursion.

What are the destinations with the most and best beaches in the Dominican Republic?

Santo Domingo, DR
There are approximately 226 beaches in the Dominican Republic, many of which are still virgin. According to studies by official organizations, less than 100 are public and can be used for recreational purposes.

As thousands of people take advantage of Easter Week to make domestic tourism and enjoy the country’s tourist attractions, we share with you some of the destinations with the best beaches.

Using the tourist information website GoDominicanRepublic, we found that in Puerto Plata there are 16 beaches; in Samaná 16; in Punta Cana, a town in the province of La Altagracia nine; in Barahona eight; in La Romana eight; in Montecristi eight; and in Las Galeras, Samaná five.

In Boca Chica, municipality of Santo Domingo, we found three; in Juan Dolio, San Pedro de Macorís three; in Pedernales two; and in Santo Domingo two.

The list of beaches in the Dominican Republic is long, but these destinations are home to some of the most beautiful and emblematic.

Rain Alert
If you visit any of these beaches, rivers, or other types of resorts this Easter Week, keep in mind that the country is under a rainy season alert, so caution is recommended in coastal areas.

We also recommend you to protect the places you visit, since the beaches and other natural resources are significantly deteriorated by the activities of human beings, mainly by pollution.

Year-on-year inflation stood at 9.05%

Santo Domingo.- The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic reported today that year-on-year inflation, that is, of the last 12 months, from March 2021 to March 2022, stood at 9.05%, being 2.3 times higher than the 4.0% of the center of the target range.

“It is worth specifying that the year-on-year result includes the inflation of 2.80% in the first three months of 2022,” the entity specified in its report.

The institution noted that year-on-year inflation in advanced economies “has similarly shown a notable rise in the current context.”

It cited that said indicator for countries such as the United States stood at 8.5% at the end of March, more than four times higher than the average goal of 2.0% of the Federal Reserve in the long term and the highest in the last 40 years.

U.S. Embassy inaugurates new location of its Consular Agency in Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata, D.R.- The U.S. Embassy inaugurated the new facilities of its consular agency in the Plaza El Doral on the Luperón highway in Puerto Plata, which will offer consular services to U.S. citizens visiting and living on the northern coast of the country. 

Consul General William Swaney led the opening ceremony, and the Minister of Tourism, David Collado. In his opening remarks, Consul General Swaney thanked the Dominican Government authorities for their presence and stated that “the consular agency is a critical resource for the tens of thousands of Americans who visit the region each week … The work of this office helps drive economic growth and job creation while enriching lives and strengthening ties between Americans and the Dominicans who call this place home.” 

Tourism Minister David Collado highlighted the importance of this new consular office in Puerto Plata, where thousands of American tourists arrive. “This new consular office here, in the Bride of the Atlantic, will undoubtedly benefit this area, especially for the thousands of American tourists who prefer Puerto Plata as one of their favorite destinations,” said Minister Collado. 

He recalled that the United States continues to be the main tourist destination for the Dominican Republic.

The consular agency will be open to the public Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on U.S. and Dominican Republic holidays. U.S. citizens will receive emergency assistance services, renewal, and routine applications for passports and notary services.

The services that were offered at the old location on Villanueva and Juan Bosch Streets will now be available at this new location in El Doral Plaza, which will allow the Embassy to continue to provide more effective emergency assistance in the region and save applicants from having to travel to the Santo Domingo headquarters.

Public Health: 59 new Covid cases, 0 deaths

Santo Domingo.-The Ministry of Public Health reported this Tuesday 56 new infections of COVID-19, out of a total of 2,485 samples that were processed in the last 24 hours.

With these new infections, the accumulated figure stands at 578,626, with only 119 active cases, according to bulletin 754.

The entity continues without reporting deaths from the disease, so the total number of deaths to date continues to be 4,375.

Dominican Republic ready to spark ‘region tourism’

Santo Domingo.- Arisleidis is 32 years old, lives in Barahona, and decided to move her flower stall to the heart of Pedernales (northwest) for a specific reason: the development that this province, one of the most neglected in the Dominican Republic, is expected to receive, through the Cabo Rojo tourism project, a work of public and private capital that will be the spearhead to reformulate this entire border area.

“I came here because a friend told me that now was the time, that I should find my space, because later it will be late, when everything is already taken,” the woman tells Diario Libre, while serving a family of Mexican tourists. who ventured to visit this remote part of the country.

“And this has not started and the difference is already felt. I see more movement of foreigners and people from the capital,” says the young entrepreneur, a native of San Juan.

Arisleidis is referring to the Tourism Development Plan for Cabo Rojo, Pedernales, the most ambitious investment project of the Luis Abinader government, an idea that had been taking shape since before the president formally launched himself into politics and that, according to the minister of the Presidency, Lisandro Macarrulla, it is a regional vision and not only a provincial one.

The project is poised to spark “region tourism,” supported by the Enriquillo region’s vast natural attractions

RED Air announces special fares for its Santo Domingo-Miami route

RED Air offers the market special rates for its daily route from Santo Domingo – to Miami; This strategy responds to the company’s interest in participating in the offer of flights to the vital city and reinforcing its commitment to the tourism sector.

In this sense, Héctor Gómez, executive president of the airline, indicated that “within the framework of our positioning strategies, we already have an interesting range of fares available to the market that have already been published through the entire network of travel agencies trips, commercial allies and our electronic means to facilitate the consultation and acquisition of tickets. We have prepared interesting offers and added values ​​that will be appreciated and will motivate new clients to enjoy our services.”

He explained that the airline has two daily flights between Santo Domingo and Miami at convenient times that allow connectivity and flexibility when traveling, the purchase of tickets can be made through the entire chain of tourist services, such as travel agencies and tourism wholesalers, and also through the website www.redair.com.do, which has a modern “E-commerce” platform, friendly and straightforward for the user who visits it.

He also said RED Air makes advice available at its sales offices located on Avenida Sarasota and Plaza Morichal in Santo Domingo.

“We want to offer the market a reliable option, with high standards of attention and service, but at the same time competitive and aggressive in commercial matters of an organization that seeks a privileged place in the preference of the Dominican consumer,” he said.

He stated that a group of businessmen leads the RED Air project with extensive experience in civil aviation and airport services, committed to the aeronautical sector, its development, and its contribution to the economy and tourism of the Dominican Republic.

“Currently, we have a team of more than 100 professionals from different administrative, operational and commercial areas, our fleet consists of four McDonnell Douglas aircraft , equipped with a comfortable 12-seat business class cabin and a comfortable 137-seat tourist class cabin. seats, but the idea is to continue growing,” he pointed out.

Full hotel for Easter will boost the economy of the East

Great expectations in hotels in Punta Cana and Romana-Bayahibe

They expect a high flow of local vacationers

The interest of tourists to vacation in the next few days of the Easter 2022 holiday means that the local hotel industry is emerging with outstanding occupancy levels in the country’s main tourist centers, as is the case of Punta Cana and Romana-Bayahibe.

In this sense, the president of the Association of Hotels and Tourist Projects of the East ( Asoleste ), Ernesto Veloz, told arecoa.com that this area will have 90% occupancy and that, even if the occupational data is not handled in property rental service platforms such as Airbnb, the segment mentioned above in the East will lead the tourist region to have 100% visitor accommodation.

«The arrival of visitors and tourists to the area is shaping up to be very good and so far there are rooms that will obviously fill up as the days go by. The area will be filled by Airbnb rentals, so there will be a spillover to the local economy,” he added.

And without leaving aside the recent information from the head of the Mitur on the regulation of platforms with the characteristics of Airbnb, Veloz expressed his support for this measure since he understands it is unfair competition.

Meanwhile, Andrés Fernández, president of the Romana-Bayahíbe Hotel Association ( AHRB ), reported that the area expects to have an occupancy rate above 90%.

“In general, the entire country is shaping up very well because in addition to the good times the sector is having at an international level, the local market also takes advantage of days off to vacation, so occupations are normally high, and this year will not be the exception,” he added.

Cab drivers will operate from Uber app

The digital mobility platform Uber and cab drivers associations in the Bávaro – Punta Cana area signed an agreement to allow them to affiliate with this platform and offer their services in hotels.

The agreement that puts an end to two years of disputes and negotiations was signed by Uber, the Dominican Confederation of Tourist Taxi Drivers (Codotatur), and associations affiliated with this entity: Verón Taxi, Asotatupal, and Siutratural, and in a pilot project will include 4,500 cab drivers in that area, who can now be activated as driver-partners in the Uber app or application with the new “Uber Select” option.

Uber’s public affairs manager for the Caribbean, Central America, and Andean, Sylvia Alvarado, explained that Uber Select would be the only option available in the app with which driver-partners will be able to pick up users at hotels in the Bávaro -Punta Cana area, exclusive to Codotatur cab drivers.

But the UberX option will continue to be available as before, but outside the hotels. The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, said that this would allow it to offer better services to tourism and leverage its growth.

Statements

Santiago Zamora, president of Codotatur, expressed that “It fills us with satisfaction that after several months of meetings, it has been possible to formalize this alliance that allows us to access the platform and its cutting-edge technology to increase our opportunity to generate higher profits. We are pleased with this alliance for the development of transportation in the Dominican Republic, which together we will be able to promote even more.

The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, said he was more than satisfied with the signing of the agreement, as it is the result of long months of work and dialogue.

“Today, with this agreement, we give a beautiful example and make it clear that consultation, dialogue and strategic alliance are the key to unity to ensure the safest and most efficient cab transport service to our tourists in the Eastern region and throughout the country,” said Minister Collado.

Remodeling of the passenger terminal at Las Americas airport

Santo Domingo, DR

The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, headed this Thursday the inaugural act of renovation of the passenger terminal of the Las Américas International Airport, José Francisco Peña Gómez.

Said remodeling was carried out by VINCI Airports and had a total investment cost of RD$1 billion, equivalent to 14 million euros.

The changes are part of the “modernization and optimization” plan that aims to improve the user experience.

Within the remodeling, the expansion of the central atrium of the passenger terminal is contemplated, in addition to the relocation and modernization of the security and outgoing migration services.

For his part, the CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of VINCI Airports, Nicolas Notebaert, detailed the importance of the operation of its associated airlines for the growth of tourism.

“Together with our 250 partner airlines, we are confident that we can make tourism grow even more and delivering this new infrastructure is an important step in this long-term commitment,” he said.

While Mónika Infante, general director of AERODOM, expressed her satisfaction at delivering the new area of ​​the passenger terminal in order to “offer quality and safety that meet the needs of our users and encourage the development of the airline industry in our country.”