Santo Domingo.- More than 150 Brazilian business leaders and personalities will come to Dominican Republic for the 14th International Meeting “Economic development pos crises” and “Tourism as a generator of wealth in Latin America” on Saturday, October 10, in Cap Cana’s Hotel Sanctuary.

President Leonel Fernandez will deliver the seminar’s keynote address while tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia will be the main speaker, who’ll address tourism in Latin America, stressing Dominican Republic’s extraordinary potential for foreign investors as well as for travelers who prefer a destination with the conditions it affords visitors.

“Tourism’s role in the generation of wealth, environmental and cultural preservation in Latin America” will be the Tourism Minister’s dissertation in the seminar-debates  of confraternity between the Brazilian entrepreneurs and the Dominican pars, followed by a luncheon hosted by the Dominican Tourism  Ministry.

Also invited to the event are Brazil Energy and Mines minister Edison Labao; the ministers of Tourism, Luiz Barreto, of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes, and of Science and Technologym Sergio Rezende; Federal deputy and ex Hacienda  minister Antonio Palocci, and Jeanine Pires, president of the Brazilian tourism company Embratur.

Brazil Federal Aeronautics Agency (ANAC) president Solange Vieira;  several lawmakers; the Brazilian TV networks Rede Globo, Rede Record, SBT and Redetv; the national newspapers, Sao Paulo, La Folha de Sao Paulo and the magazine Istoé Dinheiro have already confirmed their participation.

Leaders in the area of business, finance, banking, high tech, the media, advertising, tourism, health, services, aeronautical security, the automotive industry, construction, electricity, electromechanical and textiles and other industries are also expected to attend.

Dominican ambassador Dionis Perez said the initiative seeks to bring together business, political and cultural leaders from both countries, to spur grand development projects. “This initiative is part of the long term strategy focused on increasing Dominican Republic’s visibility in Brazil.”

He noted Brazil’s and Dominican Republic’s bolstered bilateral relations in the last few years, though the construction of infrastructure projects in roads, hydroelectric dams, aqueducts and in the modernization of mass transit.