Dominican Republic It has made great use of its assets and the capital it possesses, and this has led it to “explode its tourism in an impressive way”, which is going very well.
This was stated by the adviser Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia, Gloria Guevarawho also highlighted the “impressive” way in which the country has used its resources and its good plan to capitalize on it.
He stated that RD is an example in many ways, and as proof of this, he referred to the work that the Puntacana Group with your airport. “Everything they have done with Punta Cana is beautiful, and not only Punta Cana, in The Roman and Santo Domingo”.
“I think that tourism in the Dominican Republic is good. They have taken a lot of advantage of the assets that they have, the capital that they have and they have detonated it in an impressive way”, she expressed.
Speaking about sustainability, Guevara pointed out that there are many places in the region that have done a good job on sustainability, and although it is difficult to give a full assessment of the area, according to Acento.
In the case of the Dominican Republic, Guevara indicated that there are some good examples of hotels that have made progress and cited the Hyatt, Iberostar, Palace and the Meliathe latter received a sustainability award. “I don’t want to omit any, but there are many examples. I don’t remember all the names, but all the hoteliers in general have done an extraordinary job”.
However, Guevara indicated that the large hotel chains have progressed very well, but we must focus on small companies.
“The issue is in the little ones, how do we make sure that the travel agencies, restaurants, the small hotel are at the same level. It is the issue, that they understand that it is the circular economy, that they do not do illegal fishing of some species. They have to understand that. So it is very important to work hand in hand with them”, recommended the adviser.
In this sense, Guevara, who is one of the most influential women in the tourism sector, announced that at the time, and through the Global Center for Sustainable Tourism (STGC), “we are going to go to the Dominican Republic or our experts will go to document best (sustainable) practices and be able to share them with the whole world, and at the same time we are going to share best practices from other parts of the world with the Dominican Republic so that we can all learn and accelerate this agenda.”