Aspiring presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM), Luis Abinader, has said in New York that tourism in the Dominican Republic is only increasing in Punta Cana, while it is on the decline in Puerto Plata, Samaná and other tourist areas. He said that the reason was due to the poor promotion of tourism in the country and suggested they take an example from Mexico and promote different areas of the country, rather than simply a general promotion.
He made the comments having been asked about what President Danilo Medina said that tourism increase was up by 6.2% with a record 7.6 million visitors, maintaining the DR as the leader in Central America and the Caribbean and foreign investment in tourism had increased from US$340 million in 2017 to US$750 in 2018.
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El Nuevo Diario
5 March 2019