Tourism Clusters to Be Discussed at Bavaro Conference

Dominican Republic will host the 1st global thematic conference on Tourism Clusters of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI), which is being organized by National Competitiveness Council (CNC) and will be held from the 7th to 10th of April at the Barcelo Convention Center, in Bavaro.

Under the subject “Tourism Clusters of Sustainable and Competitive World Class”, the conference welcomes professionals of the cluster area, investigators, international experts and professionals of the tourism area from all over the world, to discuss the major issues and latest trends in the promotion of competitiveness through local development and clusters.

According to Andres Van der Horst, the director of the CNC –the global entity responsible for sponsoring the event–, “the TCI is the leading global network for professionals, policy makers, researchers and business leaders who are working towards improving competitiveness in regions and groups.”

The CNC provides technical and financial support to 21 clusters in the Dominican Republic that have to do with manufacturing, tourism and agribusiness, among other economic areas.