President Danilo Medina hosted two Chinese businessmen and their families yesterday, Tuesday 12 February at the Presidential Palace. As reported, they decided to spend their holidays in the Dominican Republic following promotional efforts started in China by the Ministry of Tourism to attract more Chinese tourists to the country. An estimated 80 million Chinese travel abroad every year. In March a Chinese travel TV channel that has an audience of 580 million will visit to prepare a promotional film on the country.
One of the visitors, Yongcai Wang, is the director general of the Chint group, which is the leading electrical product group in China, according to Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia. He promised to return next year and bring many more people with him. During their stay they visited Santo Domingo and Samana.
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