DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Ministry of Tourism described as a big success this year’s participation in the 18-22 January 2023 International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, Spain. “It was a rousing success for the country and validated the effort and expenditures to create a most attractive stand, considered by many to be the most visited in the entire fair,” the Ministry of Tourism reports.

Investors, tour operators and future tourists congregated at the two-story booth. As reported, the list of people there on opening day read like a Who is Who with King Felipe VI and his consort cutting the ribbon and Dominican Vice President Raquel Peña, Tourism Minister David Collado, and the head of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Pacheco representing the Dominican Republic. This year several legislators were guests at the event.

Executives of the Banco Popular and Banco Reservas, banks that lead in...