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Santo Domingo. - Canada ambassador Patricia Fortier said the growth perspective in the flow of tourists and investments from her country to Dominican Republic are promissory for 2009.

The diplomat, who met with Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia to discuss the bilateral tourism agenda, stated her country’s interest in bolstering agreements on Canadian cooperation and investments.

Fortier said there’s currently “an umbrella of concrete possibilities” to expand the cooperation with the Tourism Ministry (Sectur), given the country’s increasing importance as a tourist destination, as shown by the sharp increase in Canadian tourists in the last five years.

The ambassador said she shares Garcia’s optimism with the increase of tourists from Canada, despite the economic crisis in the international market.

Only the United States surpasses Canada in the number of tourists, and posted a 17.9% jump last year, with 561,534 at the close of November, according to recent figures of the Central Bank.

 

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21 comment(s)
Written by: josean, 22 Jan 2009 5:12 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Wishful thinking!

Written by: CarlosFranco, 22 Jan 2009 5:40 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn


Josean


it must piss you off to hear good news about DR... just kill yourself and end your misery!

Written by: josean, 22 Jan 2009 6:04 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Generalissimo,

Please prevent my suicide and list the "good news!"

Well "LIST" is not a good word these days, just point out.
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 7:05 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
josean only knows whining and complaining
Written by: josean, 22 Jan 2009 7:06 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
The Grand Wizard is back!
Written by: generoso, 22 Jan 2009 8:03 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya
The best news are that in DR we are not freezing our butts off with the cold weather.
How much is that worth?
And we are living in a kind, gentle and friendly island with warm and loving inhabitants.
How much is that worth?
And that we have a genuine democracy and we can dissent and be critical if we choose to without fear of reprisals. How much is that worth?
That we are a proud and independent nation with strong, disciplined and well equip armed forces
to protect us from invaders and foreign enemies.
Do I have to go on some more or I can get some help here?
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 8:17 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
josean lives in misery .....a chronic whiner
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 8:18 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
I certainly am not going to go back and freeze my stones off in Canada ....I would rather live under a coconut tree
Written by: josean, 22 Jan 2009 8:24 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
In Canada you never felt the cold, with all the Cross Burnings you conducted!
Written by: josean, 22 Jan 2009 8:58 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
What happened the condom broke MR. NAACP?
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 8:58 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
They are the main reason I continue to live in this country as I try to create an opportunity for their future
Written by: josean, 22 Jan 2009 9:09 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
How convenient now they are adopted, Baron Münchhausen!
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 9:21 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
you are becoming boring josean ....I seriously suspect you are on some kind of drug...you have hit no nerve but you are starting to take yourself seriously and this could be a problem....If your sense of inadequacy stems from some racial injustice you suffered you should try to get over it ..playing the the victim leads nowhere
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 9:23 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
you are welcome to your opinions josean I do not believe in censorship ...you are not as quick witted as you think....you should step back and think about the things you are saying ...they are the remarks of a bigot
Written by: josean, 22 Jan 2009 9:26 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Written by: gouletcolonial, 22 Jan 2009 9:23 PM
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas Mahogany Run
you are welcome to your opinions josean I do not believe in censorship

You finally learned something from me!
Written by: josean, 22 Jan 2009 9:27 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Written by: gouletcolonial, 22 Jan 2009 9:21 PM
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas Mahogany Run
you are becoming a boring pig josean ....I seriously suspect you are on some kind of drug...you have hit no nerve but you are starting to take yourself seriously and this could be a problem....If your sense of inadequacy stems from some racial injustice you suffered you should try to get over it ..playing the the victim leads nowhere

Now you will play junior Freud! My God you know it all!!
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 9:28 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
not yet I haven't....not a thing
Written by: Inquisidor This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 10:01 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Mr josean
Do not pay heed to the master of defamatory comments in DT, or defamatory general, the infamous
Baron GC Munchhausen, master of nothing and self imposed know it all.
He even reneged his Jewish religion although he frequently bashes catholics and poses himself as one.
He has nobody to play with him anymore, since he has chased away most contributors.
Let him be in his drunken stupor to swim alone in the cesspool of filth that he inhabits.
Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 22 Jan 2009 10:07 PM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
josean your nutty buddy has returned.....quisling they let you out for the night
Written by: canadafriend, 23 Jan 2009 2:02 AM
From: Canada
Some people are nothing but negative towards everything. TG there are other logical constructive comments here! Thank you to those people. Obviously, with the freezing January we are having in Canada, it is tempting to go South. We would have loved to go back with our adopted son but $$... The DR remains a popular vote in Canada. However, more and more, we hear that tourists are afraid to leave the hotel complex because of "street gangs and problems". Yes, tourists bring in the $ but they don't really visit and discover the true DR and Dominicans. That's a pity!
Written by: gatitapequena, 23 Jan 2009 10:45 PM
From: United States, Somewhere in the World
Sounds like good news for the DR,, but is it really viabal, or is it something LF is hoping for to help out his suffering pockets and his whinny croonies.
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