SANTO DOMINGO. Next Wednesday, January 24, will be the beginning of Fitur 2024, the most important tourism fair in Spain, where large companies in the sector meet, as well as governments that depend on the industry, such as that of the Dominican Republic.
Every year, the Dominican Republic brings a delegation to Fitur, led by the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Association (Asonahores). In 2023, Quisqueya was the host country and its letter of introduction was Miches, a nascent destination in the El Seibo province.
Fitur 2024 data
For this edition, some 9,000 companies from more than 120 countries will meet at Fitur 2024, which will run from January 24 to 28 at Ifema, Madrid, Spain.
The number now represents 500 more companies than in 2024, when 8,500 corporations attended.
According to a statement from the EFE Agency, 806 exhibitors will be deployed in nine pavilions at Fitur 2024. attract 150,000 professionals and 100,000 general public attendees.
“The increase in figures will translate into an economic injection of 430 million euros in income that will have a direct impact on transport, hospitality, commerce and leisure in Madrid, as highlighted by the organizers this Wednesday,” indicates a statement. .
Growth of Fitur
The agency EFE highlights that the increase in the numbers of Characteristic It is a reflection of the growth that the sector experienced in 2023, after years of stagnation during the coronavirus health crisis, said Arrizabalaga.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) highlights the year 2023, which is expected to close with a recovery of about 90% of pre-pandemic levels, with global revenues around $1.4 trillion.
Spain, in particular, received more than 79.8 million tourists in the first eleven months of last year, 18.2% more compared to 2022, and 0.8% compared to the same period in 2019, before the crisis. .
The latest figures show that the country maintains its position as one of the “main tourism powers in the world,” said the Secretary of State for Tourism of the Ministry and Tourism of the Government of Spain, Rosana Morillo.
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Diego Andrade, Undersecretary of Tourism Promotion of Ecuador, referred to his country's leading presence in Fitur as a “historic” moment for its promotion as a tourist destination.
The country will have a large stand of 760 square meters that will include 48 co-exhibitors, representatives of Ecuadorian companies and the decentralized governments of the State, a display with which they hope to boost a 10% growth in the arrival of Spanish tourists to Ecuador.
What the Dominican Republic will take to Fitur 2024
This year, the Dominican Republic and its delegation, represented by the Ministry of Tourism, will take as a sample the destinations of Punta Bergantín, in Puerto Plata; Miches, in Seibo, and Pedernales. In the latter, the first cruise ship to arrive at that port was recently inaugurated.
The details of what the Dominican Republic will carry in this link.