{"id":184697,"date":"2022-08-23T06:12:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T10:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=184697"},"modified":"2022-08-23T09:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:49:42","slug":"juan-llado-social-peace-the-added-value-of-dr-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/08\/23\/juan-llado-social-peace-the-added-value-of-dr-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Llad\u00f3: Social peace, the added value of DR tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Juan-Llado-Hoy-1024x968.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184803\" width=\"300\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Hoy, long-time tourism consultant Juan Llad\u00f3 pointed out that social peace is the added value of tourism in the Dominican Republic. Llad\u00f3 said that the other two key qualities that make the country the most competitive destination in the Caribbean are the friendliness of the people and attractive pricing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Llad\u00f3 explained that social peace is a vital for the destination to maintain the levels of competitiveness it has been able to achieve. &#8220;There is not one thing that scares tourism away more than any disorder or shooting. That damages the image of a destination,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Crime in the tourist zones is under control, according to Politur statistics, and fortunately, we have had no terrorist acts,&#8221; says the well-informed Llad\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that for years the Dominican Republic has best been known for the friendly attitude of the population towards foreign visitors. Being friendly comes natural to Dominicans, says Llad\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are places in the Caribbean where the people are not very friendly to tourists. We still have a welcoming population,&#8221; he says. Llad\u00f3 observes that Central Bank tourism exit polls continue to reveal that  the third most important factor in tourist satisfaction is the friendliness of the population after the beaches and climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The price factor also adds to the strong competitiveness of Dominican tourism, Llad\u00f3 points out. &#8220;Our prices still are pretty competitive. We are much cheaper than all the islands of the Lesser Antilles, which have higher cost structures, and consequently cannot compete with us on price,&#8221; he remarked in the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The all-inclusive model, which lowers the cost of Dominican vacations, decides people in our favor, says the tourism consultant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/la-paz-social-el-valor-agregado-del-turismo-de-republica-dominicana\/\">Hoy <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23 August 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with Hoy, long-time tourism consultant Juan Llad\u00f3 pointed out that social peace is the added value of tourism in the Dominican Republic. Llad\u00f3 said that the other two key qualities that make the country the most competitive destination in the Caribbean are the friendliness of the people and attractive pricing. Llad\u00f3 explained &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/08\/23\/juan-llado-social-peace-the-added-value-of-dr-tourism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[294,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184804,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184697\/revisions\/184804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}