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The French Side of Saint Martin Has the Caribbean Vacation You’re Looking For, With Beach Days, Island Adventure, and Some of the Best Food on Earth 

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A cook turns ribs over a smoking grill in Grand Case, waiters carry chilled rosé across the sand at Orient Bay, and a small boat leaves Cul-de-Sac with beach bags stacked near the bow. By late afternoon, couples are walking between galleries and restaurants while the lights come on along Boulevard de Grand Case. You […]

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Why American Airlines' La Romana Flight Is the Dominican Republic's Best Arrival

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The wheels touch down in La Romana. The aircraft turns toward a small terminal beneath the palms. Your suitcase appears, the doors open, and a car is waiting just outside. Five minutes later, you are checking into Casa de Campo Resort and Villas. Not 45 minutes later. Not after crossing a city or joining a […]

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Cathay Pacific Is Adding a New Connection to the Dominican Republic, Linking Santo Domingo With Hong Kong Through Madrid

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Madrid has long been one of the great bridges between the Caribbean and Europe. Iberia jets leave the Spanish capital for Santo Domingo throughout the week, carrying vacationers, business travelers and members of the Dominican diaspora across the Atlantic. From Oct. 25, the same gateway will also offer a new path in the other direction […]

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Canadian and European Travelers Are Driving the Dominican Republic’s Latest Tourism Boom

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The beaches of Punta Cana extend for miles beneath rows of palms. In Puerto Plata, resorts look out toward the Atlantic with the mountains rising behind them. Farther south, Santo Domingo brings colonial streets, new hotels and one of the Caribbean’s busiest restaurant scenes into the same trip. Travelers from Canada and Europe are arriving across all of them in […]


Cathay Pacific Is Adding a New Connection to the Dominican Republic, Linking Santo Domingo With Hong Kong Through Madrid

Bayahíbe has become one of the Dominican Republic’s defining Caribbean destinations, a place where fishing boats share the waterfront with dive operators, all-inclusive resorts and ferries bound for Saona Island. Now, the destination is taking a new step toward shaping how it grows. The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism has joined with local community leaders, hotel representatives and business owners to […]

JetBlue Is Cutting Three Nonstop Dominican Republic Flight Routes This Summer, Including Two From Newark

JetBlue is trimming its Dominican Republic network this summer, ending three routes in a move that reduces service from both Florida and the New York metropolitan area. A spokesperson for JetBlue confirmed to Caribbean Journal that the airline has already ended its Tampa-Punta Canaroute, which concluded in June. Later this month, JetBlue will also discontinue […]

Cabarete's Butterfly Effect Is Back, Bringing Wellness, Watersports, and Women's Leadership to the Dominican Republic

The surfboards are in the water before sunrise. Paddleboards glide across calm Caribbean seas. Yoga mats stretch across the sand. Along the beaches of Cabarete, another edition of one of the Caribbean’s most distinctive wellness gatherings is underway. The 18th annual Cabarete Butterfly Effect has officially begun, bringing together more than 170 women for five days of wellness, watersports, […]

This Hotel Is Hidden Inside the Dominican Republic's UNESCO World Heritage Colonial Zone

Walk through the stone streets of Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone and you’ll find centuries-old churches, lively cafés, shaded plazas and some of the most important historic landmarks in the Americas. What you might not notice is one of the city’s most distinctive luxury hotels. Hidden behind historic facades is Casas del XVI, a boutique property […]

Dominican Republic Tourism Surges to Record First Half, Putting 12 Million Visitors Within Reach

The Dominican Republic’s tourism boom isn’t slowing down — quite the opposite, in fact. After setting records year after year, the Caribbean’s most-visited destination has reached another milestone, reportign 6,616,671 visitors during the first six months of 2026, the strongest first-half performance in the country’s history. The figures, announced by Tourism Minister David Collado, represent a […]

In the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean's Oldest City Is Nearing the End of a Major Transformation

The sound of rolling suitcase wheels has echoed across the stone streets of Santo Domingo’s Colonial City for generations. So have church bells, live merengue drifting from open-air restaurants and the conversations that spill out of cafés tucked inside centuries-old buildings. Every corner tells part of the story of the Caribbean, and of the Americas. Soon, many […]

Anguilla, St. Vincent, the US Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, and Grenada Lead Caribbean Tourism Growth

The Caribbean’s tourism story in 2026 isn’t about more than recovery. It’s about momentum. Across the region, destinations are welcoming more overnight visitors than they did a year ago, with some islands posting double-digit growth as stronger airlift, new hotels and sustained demand continue to fuel another banner year for Caribbean travel. The latest first-quarter […]

The Dominican Republic's Casa de Campo Is Refreshing Its Dining Scene With New Culinary Leadership

The first bite might be fresh handmade pasta overlooking the stone lanes of Altos de Chavón. Or perhaps it’s grilled seafood with the Caribbean Sea stretching beyond your table at Minitas Beach Club. Maybe it’s Peruvian Nikkei cuisine at Causa after a day on Teeth of the Dog. Dining has long been one of the defining parts of a stay at Casa de […]