Dominican restaurants have been one of the big winners of the Pan Am Games. Restaurants have received a boom in free-spending visitors who are reaping the benefit of RD$33+ to US$1 exchange rates in the many eateries in the country that have been
catering to the visitors.
Tourists arriving to the Dominican Republic for the Pan Am Games, primarily those accompanying friends and relatives participating in the Games, are likely to return home spreading the word about how far the US$ stretches in the DR.