The 14th Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) is set to take place Wednesday, 26 April to Friday, 28 April 2023 at the Barceló Bávaro Beach Resort and Convention Center in central Punta Cana. The event is a collaboration of the National Association of Hotels & Tourism and the Ministry of Tourism.
The Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) trade show features a major exhibition of tourism products and services in the Dominican Republic and is a dynamic platform for business rounds between tourism product and service vendors and buyers. Representatives of the more than 20 Tourism Promotion Offices of the Ministry of Tourism also come for the event. Hotels, tour operators and international buyers from the main source markets sign the deals.
This is an opportunity for companies to make announcements during the around 20 press conferences that are scheduled.
The Dominican Republic is the leading tourism destination in the Caribbean and Central America. In 2022, the country received 7.1 million air arrivals, compared to 6.4 million in pre-pandemic 2019. In addition, 1.3 million cruise passengers docked in Dominican ports, up from 1.1 million received in 2019.
The top five tourist source markets in 2022 were: the United States (32.3 %), Canada (15.8 %), Colombia (5.3 %), Argentina (2.5 %) and Germany (2.3 %).
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Ministry of Tourism
25 April 2023