Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García announced during the 5th Annual Tourism Development Encounter in Samana that the government is open to funding the construction of an amphitheater for the tourist destination. The potential location has not been revealed, but he said plans should be drawn and presented in the near future. “If there is agreement, we immediately can get started on the bidding process for the design and construction of the amphitheater in Samaná. This province has some spectacular conditions to have the most beautiful amphitheater in the Caribbean region,” Garcia said in a statement from Mitur.
He announced he would travel to China on 31 October 2018 with the presidential commission to meet with China’s key tourism authorities. President Danilo Medina is scheduled to meet with the President of the People’s Republic of China, Jinping to sign several bilateral agreements. Among the agreements are a tourism cooperation pact and aviation agreement that could turn the Dominican Republic into a leading hub for Chinese tourism to the Americas. García said that two months ago the Ministry of Tourism sent a local marketing expert to China to begin plans for the opening of three tourism promotion offices in China.
30 October 2018
