Berlin Germany. – The 55th version of the German Tourism Exchange, the ITB Berlin 2024, begins and the Dominican Republic, together with the Ministry of Tourism, is preparing to develop a new day to promote its industry determined to reconquer German tourism.
On the eve of the opening of the most important international tourism fair in the West, the Dominican Minister of Tourism, David Collado, met with hundreds of travel agents, German tour operators and airline representatives in the 58th roadshow of his administration, and the third in Germany and showed at the meeting the strengthening achieved by the travel and tourism industry of the Caribbean country.
At the event attended by businessmen linked to Dominican tourism, Collado summarized with data and testimonial videos, how the Dominican Republic overcame the Covid-19 crisis, recovered its industry until reaching the goal of 10 million visitors in 2023.
“That day the pride of the Dominican Republic was high. “We reached a goal, but we do not rest on our laurels, on our achievements, on our records,” said the official to explain that they once began to work firmly to prepare for the year 2024, having a presence in just 60 days, in fairs such as Fitur Madrid and Anato de Colombia to now be in Berlin. David Collado during the meeting with hundreds of German travel agents and tour operators.
David Collado led a roadshow to show Germans and other sectors attending the fair the latest developments in the Dominican tourism industry and the natural and cultural offers and infrastructure that position the country as a leading destination in the Caribbean.
He recalled that the month of January was the best month in the history of tourism in the Dominican Republic in the year 2024 with more than one million visitors and that February also ended as the best month of tourism in the entire history of the Dominican Republic and in both months growing double digits in relation to the year 2023 and growing more than 25 to 30% in relation to the year 20219.
“DR tourism is strong, it is solid, and that is why we are determined to recover the German market because although we received 181 tourists from Germany, the reality is that we are down almost 15% compared to 2022,” said David Collado at the meeting. held on the eve of the opening of ITB Berlin 2024.
Working for air connectivity He added that they are now working to strengthen air connectivity for which they have already scheduled a series of meetings since that Wednesday in Berlin with different airlines such as Condor and with Tour Operators as well, given that the cost of fuel, the war between Russia and Ukraine and other factors have affected long-haul flights.
“You are extremely important to us and that is why I am here tonight for the second time in Berlin and for the third time in Germany in the three years that I have been Minister of Tourism,” said Collado, ensuring that all these extensive efforts have made The whole world looks towards a small island in the Caribbean of only 10 million inhabitants, a shared island even.
He cited the recognition that the country has received in Spain, Italy, France, England, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, the United States and Canada, for the work to recover tourism and achieve the outstanding international investment it receives.
Videos of the tourist destinations in which the Dominican Republic works In a dynamic presentation, David Collado briefly showed the work they carry out in destinations such as Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo Colonial, La Romana, Bayahíbe, Miches and Pedernales. He detailed the investments of important international hotel chains and the advances in infrastructure and services thanks to an effective and innovative public-private alliance recognized internationally.
He said that after recovering the number of tourists and strengthening service infrastructure, the Dominican Republic is now committed to diversifying its offer, such as tourism based on the country’s gastronomic diversity, cultural tourism, sports tourism, about which he projected a revealing video that shows that the country has the best golf courses in the entire region, revealing that last year more than 250 thousand tourists came to play golf.
He assured that the Dominican Republic is determined to continue being the leaders in tourism in the Caribbean region to become a tourism power in the Caribbean region with the push of a public-private alliance that has earned international recognition.
Regarding the participation of the Dominican Republic in the ITB Berlin 2024, Collado insisted: “I came here determined to win them back. Determined that every time you receive a tourist you tell them the safe option in the Caribbean is the Dominican Republic. There they are doing different things, their minister has come three times to present to us how they are improving and advancing.”
Receives recognition from the mayor of Bingen At the meeting, the Dominican Minister of Tourism thanked the recognition given by the mayor of the city of Bingen, Thomas Feser; who delivered a painting as a sample and strengthening the brotherhood between Bingen, Germany and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Hello Germany! David Collado’s Roadshow #58 in Germany The Minister of Tourism met with hundreds of travel agents, tour operators and airline representatives in the presence of important Dominican businessmen in Berlin.