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New advertising campaign to attract tourists

The Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism has taken the idea of social networking to a new level with its 2012 Dominican Republic social media-inspired ad campaign. In a follow-up to the successful 2011 launch of the social media-friendly godominicanrepublic.com website, the Ministry is introducing a multi-channel campaign featuring print, online and broadcast that generate engagement …
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4,776,473 non-resident arrivals in 2011

The Dominican Republic received 4,306,431 visitors in 2011, ending the year with a 4.41% increase over 2010. The Central Bank statistical report also indicates that there was a 5.17% increase in the number of non-resident foreign arrivals compared to 2010. Tourist arrivals in the DR have consistently increased from 3,979,672 (2008), 3,992,303 (2009), 4,124,543 (2010) …
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Foreign travel up 5.17% to the DR in 2011

Foreign travel was up by 181,887 visitors or 5.17% last year, mainly due to the growth in emerging tourism markets from South America and Russia that benefited from increased direct flights. An additional 107,434 travelers came from South America. Travel from North America was also up with 86,619 additional visitors. Meanwhile, travel from Europe was …