The director of the Ministry of Tourism Marketing Plan for North America, Lilia Moliné announced that Delta Airlines will soon start flights to the Dominican Republic from Atlanta, Georgia, as reported in El Siglo newspaper. She said that 32% of travelers visiting the DR come from the US, 50% come from Europe. The DR has travel offices in Chicago, New York, Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico. She said the new authorities are working to increase travel from the US 20% this year. They hope to attract 356,774 more visitors from the US. Plans are to work closely to assist travel agents in selling the DR. She estimates they will be working with a US$7 million budget this year that will be used in addition for radio, television, press, billboard and Internet advertising. She admitted that travel to the DR from the US continues to be affected by the high fares of scheduled airlines.
