Punta Cana is a resort town in the easternmost region of the Dominican Republic. It was politically incorporated as the "Verón–Punta Cana township" in 2006, and it is subject to the municipality of Higüey. According to the 2022 census, this township or district had a population of 138,919 inhabitants.
Cap Cana Marina area in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Beach in Punta Cana
Beach in Punta Cana
Sunrise over Punta Cana
A resort town, resort city or resort destination is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy. A typical resort town has one or more actual resorts in the surrounding area. Sometimes the term resort town is used simply for a locale popular among tourists. One task force in British Columbia used the definition of an incorporated or unincorporated contiguous area where the ratio of transient rooms, measured in bed units, is greater than 60% of the permanent population.
Heiligendamm in Germany, established in 1793, the oldest seaside resort in continental Europe
Aerial view of the Cancún island, from the top of the Torre Escénicain, May 2008
Railway station in Tatranská Lomnica ski resort, Slovakia
A comic drawn for a newspaper in a resort area; it depicts elderly local residents with limited income who are used to visiting attractions nearby.
