IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOURIST OFFICE
Next Monday, August 24, President Luis Abinader and the tourism cup will announce measures to save the sector particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic because it is the largest in the economy and employment in the Dominican Republic.
Tourism Minister David Collado, who explained that over the past decade, tourism has generated more than $58 billion in foreign exchange for the country.
He said that the new challenge is now to raise awareness of the tourism sector, which has lately been in a very precarious situation as tourism accounts for 15% of gross domestic product (GDP).
In addition, he said, it directly supplies more than 300,000 jobs, however, last July, 13% of visitors to the country in the same month last year went to the Dominican Republic.
“But on Monday, the President of the Republic and the Tourism Cup will jointly announce a series of measures to verify and build this vital induscheck out on our councheck out,” he added.
During the launch of an e-book on the execution of his term as mayor of the national district, published through the Mercado Group, he also said that control focuses on developing a plan in close collaboration with the business sector.
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