A lot of different airports around the world do the same thing. In some areas it' a departure tax, security fee, airport imporvement etc. Rest assured however, it will never go away.

"without identifying where the funds from those rates would go"

Like everthing else in METROLANDIA!

dominican economics 101; when demand falls, increase the price.

they are hoping Airline pricing decreases due to fuel and demand will make up the difference .....anytime it looks like the consumer might get a break these pigs come along and steal it from us ....Dominican airport taxes just became more absurdest ...this is the last place they should be squeezing the stone or as some people say the turnip

see my posting above, GC.

Exactly ....for a change I was the verbose one

you actually posted 4 sentences! the sky will surely fall today!

I often do...... you have me confused with your assistant the whiner and complainer

only when the topic includes one of two words; cigars, or wine..what say you about caviar? now do not exhaust the broadband, please.

Stop complaining you know it's $20.00 on all the crap islands, WI plus the service is poor the woman are ugly and there is no METRO.

the woman are ugly? is that a language? at least the person used to went to school, and gotted an education.

Its Indian call centre language.

You've gotted to stopped with all these talkings

The government agency greed to collect additional fees is a nickel and diming behavior that will backfire. Especially, when they don't know how this fee revenue is going to be spent. Which leads to the question of why impose a fee if you have no cause to do it? Potential tax and fee revenue gained from the private sector, such hotels, tourist services, and sales etc.; will diminish as tourists will seek other more friendly destinations and airfares that favor their pocketbooks.

They could teir it
50 dollars US - American airport taxes/charges high.
Rest of caribb and South America 5 dollars.
Europe 15 dollars.
Business class or First class 200 dollars.
S.

da woman is ugly der man

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." -- Malcolm Forbes

Winston Churchill said: “We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle”.
More taxes will not satisfy the fiscal predatory hunger of these tax buzzards.
They have shot themselves in the foot this time. We need airline ticket taxes to come down, not go up.
Meanwhile services at the poorly managed airport by the new Mexican owners have gone down to the point that in Las Americas the air is selectively turned off leaving passengers waiting for flights to simmer in the heat, electric stairs not operating and public rest rooms filthy with no soap, hand paper towels or toilet paper.
Maybe it is a conspiracy to attract tourists to Cancun.

Dreadlocks the resident spell checker.. with his Roget's II thesaurus nearby.
Must take a long time to edit all your posts before hitting send.
I don't have the time to be "Grammatically Correct"
However I do see your point and it does appear I am illiterate.

I would guess you school teacher and your job is to put smiley faces homework assignements.

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." -- Malcolm Forbes

The Dominican Republic used to charge a departure tax of $10 payable by the passenger while leaving the country. This tax was then added to the cost of the ticket by the DR. So this additional tax of $15 is on top of the $10 already added to the ticket. This is an abuse. It is only going to pay the bribes and graft of the local airport officials and political higher ups. This is called Dominican greed. Leonel Fernandez needs this tax money to pay for the Metro, so why not tax those stupid gringos who like to come to our country for sex. The DR is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. One word of advise, just boycott the Dominican Republic and visit Puerto Rico, lower airfares, US Dollar, less crime, and sunny beautiful beaches.

Of course Gen Churchill wrong. Sweden, with large state sector and high taxes is properous over the years and went through the great depression better than other countries. France was taxed heavily to build nucear plants that work well and now provide some of the lowest cost electricity in the World to the taxpayers benefit. Airbus Industrie was built up using taxpayers money to become huge employer and porfitable company, The truth is that some projects are just too huge, too long term to attract private capital. Another example would be to provide good restaurants for ordinary people in developing countries and set standards. As in previous posts the state must do this.
S.

It was long overdue .
I agree 100%

PR go to PR to be ripped off......
http://www.puertoricolifestyle.com/arts/1201-museo-del-nino.php
Want a double at 145 dollars low season! Best buy!

http://www.trespalmasinn.com/
Our poster must have interests in PR!
Lower airfares - Just met an Amrericn tourist from Miami. FL to SDQ 129 dollars return including taxes. PR minimum 250 dollars.
Be careful if you meet anyone who likes George Bush - 8 years in prison?
http://www.puertoricolifestyle.com/arts/1137-assaults-ex-gov.php
Ripped off in PR?
http://www.puertoricolifestyle.com/arts/1224-el-taino.php
S.

Jander, one of my jobs is to respond to gratuitously demeaning remarks made by people who appear to be suffering from a case of bad upbringing. to call the people of a country, or group of countries UGLY, has certain undertones and connotations, none of which are pleasant, or uplifting. ugly by whose standards? by european standards? japanese? malaysian? what criteria do you apply to come to this conclusion? in order to decide whether or not i should agree with you or not, i did a little GOOGLE on the history of international beauty pageants. it reveals that Jamaica, a country of less than 3 million inhabitants, has won the Miss World pageant twice, and Miss Universe once. that is a pretty stellar record, on a per capita basis. over to you....

Inasmuch as I would like to advocate curtailing travel to DR in protest over this tax, such action would likely cause more harm than good to those whose livelihood depends on money spent by visitors in DR. Besides, those geniuses who concocted this idea would only raise taxes further to try to make up for the losses.

Dread you are being to sensitive the ugliest people in the Caribbean are on St Barths and they are all white and all the other little islands follow suit ....Thats what happens when 1st cousins marry each other for generations ....and you know its true....Those people there look like the " Deliverance Banjo Band "...they are lucky that now they can charge 12 $ US for a coca cola....Barbuda should be so lucky

brilliant observation, glomarexplorer. it would be called "more of same".more economics 101, dominican style.

Dr. Dreads,

It is indeed regrettable that we all feel so hopeless about the cycle of deceit, corruption and overall ineptness in political situation in DR. I truly hope that some day, sooner than later, my fellow Dominicans will be able to enjoy an honest an effective gov't.

these same complaints exist on many islands ...I know so many people who left the Caribbean to return to an orderly or they thought society only to return because they missed the chaos and insane asylum atmosphere and I am being very serious

but then again I am talking about outsiders ....who love to complain about it like myself ....I am guilty...but I love it here

Locals cannot contrast their difficult lives and want more opportunities ....It takes a strange kind of person to move to the Caribbean ....I am sure dread will agree on that....good and bad but strange

holy moses! it must be the kippered herrings which ABC sent him for breakfast. GC is in fine fettle.yes, GC, we who live here, in preference to orderly, efficient societies, are odd birds. we love the anarchy, as there is never a dull moment. who needs to have electricity, regular mail delivery, and vehicular traffic that does not threaten mayhem at any given moment? give me disorder and chaos. that way, while i have my evening lager, i can recount tales of irregularities i witnessed all livelong day. it makes for an interesting, if uncertain , and hectic, life. trying to predict which month the letter from Aunt Bertha will finally arrive makes for wonderful moments of exciting anticipation. yes, i love it too. now please do not ruin my lifestyle, Edenorte, by giving me electricity on a regular basis.

very amusing but true .....I know many people who should know better who have returned to the asylum ....Personally I just change asylums

Next stop Havana.......but without the beard and his baby brother

Not strange at all -
"He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health,
a boy's love, or a whore's oath."
WS

Too many people trust the Wolf USA and the mental health of the horses that have run for president, the little boys squabling in Senate who falsely profess love for their fellow coutrymen while fleecing them and rejoicing in tent cities being created..
The demented Americans running round naked having lost the clothes of American Capitalism may choose more sustainable lifestyles in other countries!
USA has recovery program like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXA6G16_IBY
S.

Here is little more info. on the need for and on allegedly were the 15 bucks will go!

http://laopciondigital.com/index.....bro-impuesto-de-salida-de-RD.html

caprice240K
You must be kidding!
"lower airfares, US Dollar, less crime, and sunny beautiful beaches"
About lower fares in PR some of the other posters already informed you is not so, not by a long shot.
US dollar in PR?, so what the peso is easily convertible either way with no problem or you can pay in dollars if you choose.
"Less crime" you are joking! Even the US Navy was prohibited from docking in San Juan because of all the murders and frequent armed carjackings.
And the PR beaches are no comparison to DR beaches, not in a million years. Except Culebra but there is little there as far as recreation. Many Puerto Ricans come to DR on weekends or have vacation homes here because of the lower costs of help, less crime and more beautiful beaches.

many many rich Ricans in Casa.....they can keep the ones with the gold chains and the sideways baseball caps

for jaaden........Stop complaining you know it's $20.00 on all the crap islands, WI plus the service is poor the woman are ugly and there is no METRO. WOW! the other islands are crap!...
why dont you take a a really good look at your island?..... garbage all over the place, no elec.,cant drink the water, the men piss in the streets, cant trust the doctors if they are really doctors or BOUGHT their degree,most of the meds you buy in the drug stores are phoney,, the roads are the worst in the world, the people DRIVE like crazy people and most are DRUNK, every one carries GUNS, you want me to go on?..... i live in chetmul mexico for 2 years... not one day did i go with out elec.... better take.... a look at the women again also.... so your $20us.... or $15us is a lot of money .... you want to know about your POLICE DEPT?...... bunch on crooks ... as many on the island.... but i do understand people have to steal when they dont have any schooling or a trade....

" Domincan airport now charges flyers $15.00 "

I will try to keep my comment relevant to this article,
I will not mind paying this extra $5.00 to visit a country whose people I love,
A country that is so close to my heart,
I will not mind paying $20 next year.
Last year I hade paid up to $10. 000 in taxes and where my money ended up in Irak and in the pockets of some assholes who are bying million dollars jet planes , antique rugs, paying for expensive vacations for their girls friends , eating caviar and smoking expensive contreband Cuban cigars.
I am so lucky that I have been vaccinated against rabies.
I am less irratated, do not bite, I do not bark .I do not attack,
I am looking for a few friends who can sit with me at the malecon ,getting a few shots of Brugal, eating a hot Sancocho, flushing it down with a few Presidentes listening to my Bachata and my Merengue tipico.
When I go to a new country, i tell the taxi driver:show me tell me the good things

The bad things I can always read them here in Dominican today

Que lastima este foro es para insultar en luego de ensenar.

A proposito ,General Roso mil gracias para traducir las palabras para mi.
The song "el negrito del batey "makes more sense now.
I was told one of the best ways to study a language is to learn as many songs as possible.
You see: This place is to make friends.

etiennc
You are welcomed my friend.
I am not much of a hard liquor drinker but do like red Rioja wines from Spain or only Malbec's from Argentina. I am allergic to whites.
So I will sit with your Dominican half (LOL) and have some sancocho at Adrian's Tropical in the malecón. (You are buying correct?)

General Roso I have been to Adrians many times . Is it the restaurant on the Independencia with the Child head and the sign_? It is right across a school or a bewery I think.?
The usually serve a small bowl of sancocho as an appertizer.There is always a guy with a pilon crushing some spice and singing.
When I go there I always behave like a tourist and pay with American dollar and tip with Americabn dollar. Just to impress my girl.
But lately she wants me to stop that sh t and told me I was no longer a tourist.
She pays and she tips
i had also fried platanos and friend goat meat.
I usually flight right to Puerto Plata but next time I will flight to Las Americas spend a few days and take the bus to Puerto Plata.
Sure I will pick up the tab. My friend polloloco HateIam1804 , ( may his soul rest in peace ) told me that you were un cheapo Ah Ah Ah Ah

Correction not cheapo, more like economically challenged! Or frugally oriented.LOL.