A group of tourism businessmen has announced that they will visit Argentina between 19-26 April, to promote tourist resorts in the Dominican Republic. Javier A. Herrera, speaking for International Host, said the delegation will be promoting Puerto Plata and Sosua on the north coast and, in the south, the Boca Chica and Juan Dolio areas. The group will meet with tourist companies in Buenos Aires, Córdova, and Mar de Plata to establish contacts for Argentinian tourists to include the North and South coast hotels in their packages.
At present, Argentinian tourists are flying in large numbers to hotels in the Punta Cana area. Mr. Herrera hopes to convince the tour operators to sell enough holidays to begin a Buenos Aires-Santo Domingo-Puerto Plata route. Participating in the trip are representatives from Occidental Hotels, Don Juan Beach Resort, Victoria Resort, Casa Marina, Talanquera, Playa Naco, Puerto Plata Village, Hacienda Tropical and Apollo Tours. Mr Herrera is the marketing director for the Spanish-owned group Oasis, which also has investments in Cancún, Mexico.
he company owns three airlines, Aéreo Cancún, based in Mexico, Air Ambar based in Puerto Plata, and Oasis Air that flies to Europe, principally Spain. Air Ambar operates flights to Europe , Austria, Switzerland and Germany using an Air Bus 310.