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SANTO DOMINGO.- Of the three million visitors to Dominican Republic last year, 1.2 million were Europeans, a figure higher than Cuba and the Mexican Caribbean, and confirms France as the top emitter.
France contributes 250,000 tourists per year, higher than countries like Germany, Spain, Italy, Great Britain or Russia, according to Jean Marc Harion, president of the Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce (CCDF), during his participation in the "First European Tourism Summit,” quoted by news source diariolibre.com.
Nonetheless the figures don’t mean much for the country’s hoteliers and tourism sector representatives, because they prefer fewer tourists, as long as they spend more and stay longer, said Julio Llibre, president of the National Hotels and Tourism Association (Asonahores), speaking as a panelist in the conference held the Hotel Santo Domingo.
The hoteliers also acknowledged a fall in tourist arrivals from Europe, but recognize that they have to look for alternatives in the Russian market and other zones like South America.
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BTW the word emit in the article above can not be used like that .the word is for a discharge of fluids or vapours or smells but definitely not departing tourists.
Without exception they all said they had never had worse times and that so many businesses had closed down but could not be sold . In Zona Colonial this has happened only in the last 9 months but it has been obviosly bad in Santiago for longer ..
Every country has tightened their belt with new taxes and reduced benefits and so n so I cannot see things improving in the short term . The obvious exception is with the RD government which has increased the presidential budget significently ,,it is a disgrace and so sad for all those on the very low income levels to see it
I don't know what to make of these articles. This article claims that tourism is down and then in the next few days another article strikes up that claims tourism is at an all time high and seemingly unaffected by the economic market downturn. I guess the best assessments can be made by you and other boots on the ground that are interelated to the population and the environs on a real time, physical basis.
And as someone has mentioned not so long ago there was an article reproduced on here saying visitor figures were up.
You can easily see how the tourist industry is going by going to the various booking sites and seeing what is available and also what discounts are being given ,,,maybe a rough guide only .
Veronica, I am innterested to know how you can recognise a person, who enters your family business, as being linked to crime or corruption , Hardly likely it is a badge on a lapel
S.
Dominican Republic received 4 million visitors in 2010
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Dominican Republic received 4 million visitors in 2010
whom do i believe? or, do i believe anyone?