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Punta Cana to host cruise ship industry conference

Orfila Salazar / Acento
Punta Cana will host the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA)’s Platinum Advisor Member Association Cruise (PAMAC) Conference this coming 6-9 June 2018. An estimated 200 executives will come for the event to be held in Punta Cana.

Orfila Salazar, director of cruise ship tourism for the Ministry of Tourism, made the announcement during her participation in the Seatrade Cruise Global Fair held recently at the Broward Convention Center in Florida.
Salazar said the upcoming PAMAC event is an excellent opportunity for the country because cruise ship industry executives will be able to see for themselves the incredible rich tourist experience that the Dominican destinations have to offer cruise ship travelers. She said an agenda is being prepared so that the executives can visit key attractions and installations in La Romana and Santo Domingo.

“Our country benefits because these executives can also express first hand the needs and concerns they have regarding the destination, with the aim of increasing the ship routes to our country,” she said.

Salazar said in 2015 the same event was held in Puerto Plata when the Amber Cove port was to be inaugurated. In Punta Cana, the Port of Cap Cana is receiving luxury ships and this is a great opportunity for the shipping executives to get a first hand glance at the destination.

Ministry of Tourism statistics reveal that in 2017, some 533 cruise ships docked at Dominican ports, bringing 1,148,000 cruise ship passengers.

Read more in Spanish:
https://acento.com.do/2018/actualidad/8545943-republica-dominicana-seleccionada-segunda-vez-sede-conferencia-pamac-organizada-fcca/

20 March 2018