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Luxury Travel Insider · Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Dominican Culture Valued for Friendliness and Natural Happiness, Says Local

The defining characteristic of Dominican culture, according to a local, is friendliness and a genuine care for others. This is reflected in the people's natural happiness and constant smiles, whether they are business professionals or working in fields or as fishermen.

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I will say that our main is like friendliness, and caring about other people.
Stefano Battelli
In general, we have very happy people, always smiling.
Stefano Battelli
The smile, the natural happiness is just there in in the Dominican people.
Stefano Battelli
Heard on Luxury Travel Insider — “The Dominican Republic | Eden Roc Cap Cana, published Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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