{"id":208344,"date":"2023-12-19T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=208344"},"modified":"2023-12-19T08:22:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:22:15","slug":"tourism-investment-continues-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/12\/19\/tourism-investment-continues-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism investment continues strong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Turismo-en-RD-El-Dia-1024x631.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208397\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Turismo-en-RD-El-Dia-1024x631.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Turismo-en-RD-El-Dia-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Turismo-en-RD-El-Dia-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Turismo-en-RD-El-Dia-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Turismo-en-RD-El-Dia-2048x1263.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In his welcoming words at the Hotel and Tourism Association (Asonahores) Investment Forum, Asonahores president David Llibre, highlighted that in the first half of 2023, the Dominican Republic has received US$2.15 billion in foreign direct investment, of which around US$532 million, or 24%, went to the tourism sector. The amount is 7% more than for the same period in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, Technical Vice Minister of the Ministry of Tourism Jacqueline Mora highlighted the steep investment the country has been receiving for tourism ventures during the National Hotel &amp; Tourism Association Investment Forum. She emphasized there is more than US$22.2 trillion invested in the sector. The breakdown is around US$14.9 trillion in hotels and resorts and US$7.4 trillion in real estate properties rented to foreign and domestic tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mora highlighted the importance of the industry in the Dominican economy, with a contribution of 44% of GDP in tourism, 28% of GDP in restaurants, and 22% of GDP in services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tourism sector involves 20% of the direct and indirect generation of employment, positively impacting the lives of Dominicans and the economy, said the deputy minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/la-inversion-turistica-agiliza-creacion-proyectos\/\">El Dia <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/economia\/turismo\/2023\/12\/13\/el-turismo-aporto-us22190-millones-al-pib-dominicano-en-el-2022\/2550899\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/elnuevodiario.com.do\/destacan-vinculacion-de-fondos-de-pensiones-con-inversion-turistica-de-rd\/\">El Nuevo Diario <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19 December 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his welcoming words at the Hotel and Tourism Association (Asonahores) Investment Forum, Asonahores president David Llibre, highlighted that in the first half of 2023, the Dominican Republic has received US$2.15 billion in foreign direct investment, of which around US$532 million, or 24%, went to the tourism sector. The amount is 7% more than for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/12\/19\/tourism-investment-continues-strong\/\" 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":[318,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208344"}],"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=208344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208400,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208344\/revisions\/208400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}