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The Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, David Collado and Frank Ranieri, founder and president of the board of directors of the Puntacana Group, received in a symbolic act. to Mr. Bruce Pirt, who represents the 11 millionth visitor to the country in 2024, who arrived on an Air Transat flight from the Canadian city of Ottawa, along with his wife Kathryn and his daughters Melissa and Anna.
At the event held at the Punta Cana International Airport, Pirt did not hide his surprise and defined the Dominican Republic as a wonderful country, which he visited 20 years ago with who is now his wife, with whom he came to celebrate their anniversary. of weddings indicating that he loves this country and was very grateful for the reception
Minister Collado said that, by exceeding this new goal of 11 million visitors, the Dominican Republic consolidates itself as a tourism leader in the region and highlighted: “Today is a day to celebrate big, since we surpassed the barrier of 11 million of visitors in a year. Another historical record for Dominican tourism, stating that it not only celebrates, together with the private sector, the arrival of the tourist that represents the 11 million visitors, but what that represents for the Dominican economy.
In that sense, he highlighted that Tourism means 949 thousand jobs in the year 2024 directly and indirectly, it means US$26 billion of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), that is, tourism represented almost 20% of the GDP,” he indicated. .
That also means, Collado pointed out, RD$130 billion in tax payments to the treasury.
He recalled that last year the country reached the goal of 10 million visitors, an old aspiration of the sector, in a scenario similar to this Sunday.
Staff of the Ministry of Tourism, headed by Minister Collado
“This achievement of 11 million visitors is not the President of the Republic, not the Minister of Tourism, it is an achievement of the entire country that has to be filled with pride and everyone must put aside their particular, personal, political interests and celebrate that our country continues to position itself. foreigners, it is an achievement of the opposition that has left tourism off the political agenda because it knows that it is a very sensitive industry and that what has to be generated is good news so that good news comes out of our country and also celebrates. the unprecedented public-private alliance that has occurred in the Dominican Republic,” said Minister Collado.