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| Flights to Dominican Republic |
| Enjoy and book our selection of routes and flights to Dominican Republic: |
| - Flights from Aruba, Aruba to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Nassau, Bahamas to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic to Samana, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Samana, Dominican Republic to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Samana, Dominican Republic to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Samana, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Port-au-prince, Haiti to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Martinique, Martinique to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| - Flights from Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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| » Dominican Republic Information |
| Nestled between Puerto Rico and Cuba on an island that it shares with the Republic of Haiti, the Dominican Republic offers travelers the best that the Caribbean has to offer, with a unique personality rooted deeply in her Latino heritage. |
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| » Dominican Republic General Information |
| Capital: Santo Domingo |
| Currency: Peso (DOP) |
| Language: English |
| Telephone codes: 1-809 |
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| » Dominican Republic Practical Information |
| › Public Holidays |
| New Year?s Day (01Jan); Epiphany (Celebrated on Feb 9) (06Jan); Our Lady of Altagracia (21Jan); Duarte?s Birthday (Celebrated on Jan 30) (26Jan); Independence Day and Carnival (27Feb); Good Friday (14Apr); Easter Sunday (16Apr); Labour Day (01May); Corpus Christi (15Jun); Restoration Day (Celebrated on Aug 14) (16Aug); Our Lady of Las Mercedes (24Sep); Constitution Day (06Nov); Christmas Day (25Dec).
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| › Visas |
Citizens of Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Peru, South Korea, Uruguay and subjects of the Principality of Liechtenstein can stay for a maximum of 60 days with a valid passport, without visa or purchasing a tourist card.
Citizens of the countries listed below can stay for a maximum of 90 days with a tourist card which costs US$ 10 and can be purchased at accredited Dominican Consulates worldwide, when purchasing ticket, or on arrival at one of the country?s ports or international airports. These countries are:
Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Curaçao, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominica, England (carrying British passports with the following inscription on their cover: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or Jersey or Guernsey) and its dependencies (Isle of Man and Channel Islands) Finland, France and its overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Reunion), Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Marino, St. Martin, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobabo, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States (including Puerto Rico; U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John and Hawaii), Venezuela, Yugoslavia and all legal residents from Canada, the United States of America, Venezuela and from the member countries of the European Union, regardless of their nationality, carrying valid passports and their residency card.
Argentina, Belice, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Japón, Korea, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Uruguay citizens bearing official or diplomatic passports can enter without visa or tourist card. |
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| » Dominican Republic History |
Explored and claimed by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which in 1804 became Haiti. The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821, but was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years; it finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. In 1861, the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire, but two years later they launched a war that restored independence in 1865.
A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative, rule for much of its subsequent history was brought to an end in 1966 when Joaquin BALAGUER became president. He maintained a tight grip on power for most of the next 30 years when international reaction to flawed elections forced him to curtail his term in 1996.
Since then, regular competitive elections have been held in which opposition candidates have won the presidency. The Dominican economy has had one of the fastest growth rates in the hemisphere over the past decade. |
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| Dominican Republic News |
The U.S. Women?s National Indoor Volleyball Team swept Dominican Republic
June 30, 2008
The U.S. Women?s National Indoor Volleyball Team swept Dominican Republic 25-13, 25-21, 25-20 on Saturday evening during FIVB World Grand Prix Pool E action at Wroclaw, Poland.... powered by "Dominican Today"
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Undocumented Haitians repatriated from Dominican Republic
June 27, 2008
In response to the increasing complaints of undocumented Haitians in the capital Santo Domingo, the city of Santiago and a major town of Moca, at 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning immigration agents began a wide sweep in these areas to detain undocumented Haitians... powered by "Caribbean Net News"
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