Why Is Dominican Republic Tourism On a Real Tear Right Now? These New Developments, For Starters

by Ed Wetschler  Wake up, Cuba: The Dominican Republic may be eating your lunch. While your 2012 tourism numbers were flat, visits to the D.R. rose almost 6 percent—from the United States a whopping 14 percent. Why? Well,  the DR rocked even before this surge for all the usual reasons. But now a host of developments, from a web of new highways to exciting new ecotours and other offerings and attractions such as... keep reading

     

Touring the Highlands of the Philippines' Luzon Island

by Mitchelle Dy  Early in the morning we boarded the jeepney (one of the colorful minibuses which are a popular means of transport in the Philippines) that would take us to the nearby villages and centuries-old rice terraces. Our first stop was the quaint village of Banga-An, an additional 20-minute on-foot trek down a mountain trail. We were received with warm smiles by villagers in homespun garb, who welcomed us into their thatched wood huts and showed us how...  keep reading

Luzon image: Mitchelle Dy