DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Tourism Minister David Collado issued a statement on 12 March 2025 via X expressing his support to the family and friends and stressing the interest of the Dominican Republic in resolving the case of the 20-year old tourist who has been missing since the early morning of 6 March 2025. Sudiksha Konanki had traveled to the Dominican Republic for a spring break vacation that began on 3 March.

“I deeply regret the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki and the pain her family is enduring. As a father, it moves me profoundly. As the Minister of Tourism, I am concerned and have been personally following the case from the outset, in coordination with the authorities,” he wrote on his account on X.

Likewise, the National Association of Hotels and Tourism (Asonahores) issued a statement on 12 March:“From the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Asonahores), we...