Dominican Republic He rushes the hours to present himself with new destinations and crafts, like his big bets on Fiturthe fair tourism What will be celebrated in Madrid this week and which the Caribbean country arrives after registering record numbers of visitors in 2023.
The destinations that will be promoted cover the country from north to south, from the northern Punta Bergantín to the southern Pedernales, passing through Miches, in the eastern Dominican Republic.
Although Punta Bergantín is a project that initially contemplates the construction of 700 hotel rooms and seeks to promote the renewed destination of Puerto Plata, in Pedernales a cruise port in Cabo Rojo has recently come into operation, while Miches represents the growth of tourism in areas of eastern Dominican Republic beyond Punta Cana or Bávaro.
Crafts will also have a prominent role this year in Fitur with the exhibition, display and dissemination of this activity with jewelry, especially amber, larimar (stone from the Dominican Republic), horn, bone, coconut or natural fibers, as well as through of the sculpture.
Gastronomy will be present through tastings, especially of three great typical products (chocolate, liquor and rum), as well as traditional foods and drinks such as “mamajuana”a characteristic rum of the island, without forgetting the renowned Dominican cigar, rhythms such as bachata or merengue and folk dances.
The Dominican Republic, which will be presented at the fair by its minister of the sector, David Collado, will bring to Madrid an immersive experience about its tourism, which seeks to go beyond the sun and the beach and seeks to establish itself as a destination for nature, health, adventure, cultural or gastronomic.
The Caribbean country, the second most visited Latin American destination after Mexico, arrives at Fitur this year after closing 2023 with record numbers: 10.3 million visits, a twenty-one% more than in 2022, with 8,058.670 million tourists arriving by air and 2,247,847 on cruise ships, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
The main source of visitors was the United States (47%)Canada (16%), Colombia (5%), Argentina (3%) and Spain (3%).
Source: Gestion
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