Punta Cana is the most important tourist destination in the Dominican Republic. It is located in the east of the country on the Costa del Coco and has an area of 30 kilometers of endless and beautiful beaches .
Although the entire tourist area is known as Punta Cana, in reality the Costa del Coco includes several towns and beaches with different names. The best hotel resorts are located in Playa Bávara and Playa Arena Gorda. Other well-known beaches are Playa El Cortecito, Playa Rincón and Playa Limón.
Punta Cana is a young destination for history. Until the 1960s, the entire eastern area where the tourist pole is today was made up of jungle lands with hardly any exploitation and very difficult access due to the absence of roads. At the end of 1969 all this began to change with the arrival of a group of North American investors and the beginning of the development of the area for tourism purposes. With the gradual arrival of other investments and the creation of communication infrastructure with the road network of the Dominican Republic, as well as the construction of the Punta Cana International Airport, the destination gradually grew to be fully open to the world in 1984 and since maintains a constant growth making it one of the most visited destinations in the Caribbean.
Today in Punta Cana we find the most important hotel chains in the world installed. For the most part, the most abundant modality is that of the "All Inclusive" resorts with hotels that guarantee everything necessary to the traveler for a comfortable and pleasant stay. The best hotels are found along the shores of Playa Bávaro.
In addition to enjoying the beautiful beaches, Punta Cana offers many activities and excursions that expand your options for fun in the Caribbean destination. In this way you can surf, take a boat ride, take land excursions, ride a horse, visit cultural places, etc. Among these options we find the Manatí Park, the Altos de Chavon, the Saona Island, the Fun Fun Cave, the Marinarium, Bávaro Splash among many others. The area also has shopping centers, souvenir shops, restaurants, a very attractive and intense nightlife with world-famous nightclubs such as Coco Bongo, Mangú and Imagine among others.
From Punta Cana you can also visit other cities and towns of great interest such as its capital, Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata, Samaná and Bayahibe among others.
In short, Punta Cana is an ideal place for a getaway where you can enjoy varied experiences. The average tourist stay in Punta Cana has managed to exceed that of its Caribbean competitors with average stays of 8 and a half nights and the Punta Cana receives more than 6 million tourists a year.