Easter Week is the peak domestic travel week. The Police force has been assigned to prevent weapons of any kind from being brought onto the beaches. Likewise, air and sea patrols will watch the beaches. And police will direct the long lines of vehicles as vacationers make their way back to the cities. Continental adds second summer flight to Newark Continental has added a second flight from Santo Domingo to Newark for summer travelers.
Summer is the peak travel season for the Dominican Republic.
The flight starts 14 June and will continue through 6 September. The flight's schedule is also attractive for flight connections. Seven days advance purchase necessary. With the new flight, Continental will have two regular scheduled flights during the summer from Santo Domingo and one from Puerto Plata on to Newark, New Jersey. Gifts no longer subject to import taxes The Listin Diario reports that Dominicans living abroad bringing appliances and clothes into this country as gifts for family and friends will no longer pay import taxes on them.