The Dominican Republic is the second largest nation in the Caribbean region with a population of approximately 9 million and a landmass of 48,442 square kilometers, similar in size to Switzerland, or twice the size of New Hampshire in the US. The DR is a land of contrasts with high mountains and rocky cliffs, rain forests, fertile valleys, deserts and 1,600 kilometres of coastline; 300 kilometres being prime white sand beaches. The south coast borders the Caribbean Sea and to the north is the Atlantic Ocean.

Situated mid-point between the Americas, the DR sits 800 miles east of the southern tip of Florida, on the same time zone as New York City.

This is a country of firsts. Situated on the windward side of the island of Hispaniola, the arrival of Columbus on 1492 made it a starting point for the project that gave birth to the Americas. Here the western hemisphere's first university, first church, first hospital and the first overseas royal mint were built.

Since then much of the business that has been done between the north and south of the New World has passed through the Dominican Republic. The country's eight international airports, with two hundred and thirty five scheduled flights to European, North and South American destinations each week, continue the work begun centuries ago.

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Well connected international airports ensure that all parts of the Dominican Republic are readily accessible by air from all over the world.

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