Hotel availability in the Dominican Republic increases to 80 percent
The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, announced that hotel availability in the Dominican Republic increased to 80 percent, which places the country as a world example of recovery in the middle of the pandemic.
Collado feels confident about the travel industry recovery and stressed that it requires the commitment of all sectors.
The official spoke at the end of the meeting held for two days by the associations of Hotels and Restaurants (Asonahores), Hoteles del Este (Asodeste), and the Ministry of Tourism with the support of Grupo Piñero, in the person of its executive vice president and CEO, Encarna Piñero.
For the World Tourism Association, the Dominican Republic is a reference in terms of measures and actions carried out with remarkable effectiveness, to achieve the recovery of tourism whose statistics increased from 50 to 70,000 tourists who arrived, in just ten days.
During the meeting that took place at the Bahía Principe hotel, he thanked José Pepe Blanco and Encarna Piñero for their initiative, highlighting that the Ministry of Tourism has a new philosophy in which it believes in the work and joint actions of Mitur and the sector. private, while vowing to cut red tape and license-to-operate hassles.