Growth boost for Dominican tourism

Madrid.- The planned construction of twenty-thousand new hotel rooms was one of the achievements announced at the 38^th International Tourism Fair (FITUR) which concluded yesterday in the Spanish capital.

Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García described the event, which was attended by representatives from 165 countries, as a complete success. He said that this year, as in the past, the Dominican delegation had succeeded in making links that will ensure that the country remains the top choice long-haul destination among European visitors. This regional market has shown a thirteen percent increase in spending by tourists visiting the Dominican Republic.

The minister said that he expected to conclude several agreements and that he hoped the government would approve a Spanish investor’s plan to construct 9,000 hotel rooms in Pedernales.

“We achieved agreements for higher investment for building hotels and negotiations with airlines,” he stated.