The executive vice president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, Arturo Villanueva explained that tourists to the Dominican Republic during the first trimester of the year came principally from the following countries. Note that there are over 38,000 hotel rooms in the DR and the nation received over two million visitors in 1997. The principal source nations were: United States 22.6% Canada 16% Germany 16.5% England 7.1% Italy 7% France 5.5% Argentina 5.4% Spain 4.3%
