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Read → The ninth edition of the Santo Domingo Marathon will be held on September 18 and consolidates the capital's bet on sports tourism.
Read → Miches consolidates its hotel boom with 3,000 operating rooms and 3,000 more under construction, according to MITUR. The read: jobs, foreign currency and real pressure on infrastructure.
Read → Miches positions itself to host a French communicators' meeting. France grows 14.3% and Puerto Plata handles 16,714 cruise passengers in a single day.
Read → International tourists have driven Madrid hotel occupancy through the roof with the Formula 1 Grand Prix. The effect of major sporting events on tourism is a direct lesson for the Caribbean.
Read → The port authority is mapping out a network of nine cruise terminals by 2028, with the north coast as the biggest winner of the plan.
Read → The Grupo Puntacana founder opened the first Punta Cana Forum with a direct message to the tourism industry's next generation.
Read → The Dominican Tourism Ministry is negotiating with ITA Airways a direct route between Italy and Punta Cana, possibly starting November 30, 2026.
Read → President Luis Abinader is confident Punta Bergantín will reignite hotel tourism in Puerto Plata and bring the northern coast back to the Dominican map.
Read → Taíno Bay port welcomed four simultaneous cruise ships with 16,714 passengers and 5,806 crew, a real boost for the province's economy.
Read → GALA Media Group held the first edition of the forum under the motto 'The Country to Come', with public, political, and business sectors in attendance.
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