Dominican government supports Open Skies with the USA
The Dominican Republic government and the Tourism Cabinet supports the open skies agreement with the United States of America.
“We are going to continue promoting the issue of connectivity with the United States and we firmly support the statements of the American Embassy of Open Skies,” said the Minister of Tourism.
Collado statements came within the framework of the 34th edition of the Asonahores 2022 Commercial Exhibition, where more than 176 companies from the entire commercial chain participate.
The event takes place from October 19th to 21st at Blue Mall Punta Cana and is dedicated to the United States, for being the main issuer of tourists to Quisqueya.
The official highlighted that the ForwardKeys platform, which measures all the airports and airlines in the world, has just published that the Dominican Republic is in number one place in reservations for the last quarter of the year in terms of tourist arrivals, with more than 40%, compared to the same period in 2019.
“Our numbers are surprising and what we have to do is continue to take care of tourism in the Dominican Republic, continue to make an alliance with the private sector as has been done”, said Collado.
The official expressed that Expo Asonahores has great expectations, because “you can see everything that tourism represents, the entire commercial chain, from food, technology, construction, among others”.
“Here is reflected the strength and importance of tourism in the country’s economy, which represents 15% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and that for this year we are averaging more than 8,200 million of dollars in foreign currency entry; this keeps the exchange rate stable and this clearly reflects that the tourism sector is fully recovered in the Dominican Republic”, he added.
The president of ASONAHORES, Rafael Blanco Tejera, said that “the contribution and evolution of the tourism industry in the Dominican economy are part of the most important transformations of the productive apparatus, presenting a multiplier effect between the different demands for goods and services that it generates”.