Dominican Republic Highlights Impressive Tourism Success at Annual Conference

Dominican Republic continues to capitalize on its already impressive tourism developments as it received a record 4.7 million visitors in 2013, a growth of 3.6 percent. The 2014 Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) at the Paradisus Palma Real in Punta Cana recognized these efforts in front of the country's tourism sector and more than 100 international buyers and suppliers.

The Ministry of Tourism highlighted Dominican Republic's successful tourism year and confirmed that the United States was the largest source of visitor growth. The United States accounted for 1.6 million travelers in 2013, 40 percent of the country's visitor contingent, followed by Canada, France, Russia and Germany, which also proved to be strong markets.

"Our strategic investment in new tourism products and infrastructure throughout the country has created more efficient ways of traveling within the country, allowing easy access to the many diverse regions of the country," said Magaly Toribio, Marketing Advisor for the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism. "We continue to monitor tourism trends and develop tourism assets that appeal to our visitors so we can maintain the growth rate and surpass these numbers in 2014."

Source: eturbonews.com