Caribe Tours
IndustryPassenger Bus Service
FoundedSeptember 15, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-09-15) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Headquarters
Santo Domingo
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Dominican Republic
Area served
Dominican Republic, Haiti
Websitehttps://caribetours.com.do/

Caribe Tours is a passenger bus company that operates within the Dominican Republic and Haiti. With over 1,000 employees and over 600 buses, it runs a regularly scheduled passenger service to and from its main terminal in Santo Domingo. Passenger services include an intra-urban service, which operates within the greater metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, as well as an inter-urban service to several major towns throughout the Dominican Republic.

History

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Caribe Tours was founded on September 15, 1985, by a group of entrepreneurs led by José Hernández Andújar.

In May of 2022, Caribe Tours cancelled its service to Haiti indefinitely after several buses were hijacked near Port-au-Prince.[1]

Fleet

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Caribe Tours operates over 600 buses in its fleet. In 2018, the company added 42 Marcopolo S.A G7 Paradiso buses to their fleet.[2]

Notes and references

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References
  1. ^ Gómez, Melbin (October 3, 2022). "Autobuses Caribe Tours y Metro no están viajando a Haití" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "Caribe Tours introduce 42 autobuses Volvo a su flotilla" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: El Dinero. December 20, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2023.