Russians to Invade Dominican Beaches by Winter

Two of Russia’s major airlines will increase from two to five their nonstop weekly flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg, starting in winter and spring, which aims to increase flow of Russian tourists to Dominican Republic by more than 100 percent.

Of these charter flights, four will be to Punta Cana, of the airline Transaero, with 320-passenger planes and one to Puerto Plata, and the carrier Rossya, which will start operations in March to Puerto Plata, using 767-300 jets, with a capacity of 330 seats.

Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia provided the information in a press conference in this city with his Russian par, Anatoy Yorochkin and other executives, as part of a visit to the 14th International Tourism Fair being held in this city.