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Frank Rainieri, founder and president of the board of directors of the Puntacana Group, highlighted the strengthening of Dominican tourism and tourism projects under development in various destinations in the Dominican Republic, highlighting the success achieved through the Tourism Cabinet, with the public-private alliance, from which a single objective was set: Dominican Republic.
When speaking with the media present at the event welcoming the 11 millionth visitor of 2024 to the country, Ranieri recalled that in the first year of the Punta Cana airport, “barely 2,600 tourists arrived, this year, today the airport exceeds 5 million of tourists arriving by air, so they are celebrations that we Dominicans have to have. and that it is necessary that we not see the glass half empty, let us believe that it is half full and that we are going to continue filling it.”
“We have definitely had extraordinary years, we cannot pretend that every year we are going to grow in double digits and those are very large numbers, more than more than 10% of 11 million, that is a million more passengers, but if God “I think we are going to be at least 5 to 7% higher than this year, that would represent 500,700 thousand more visitors per year.” the tourist businessman highlights.
Ranieri continued by indicating that: “This is going to continue transforming the economy of many areas of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata is no longer the Puerto Plata of 10 years ago because, due to the flow of tourists that has arrived in this area, it is the province of Altagracia was the last in growth and now it is one of the third in growth in the country, so tourism is impacting many regions of the country and allowing the country in general to grow, that is why you are all here, if tourism did not have that importance was not all there you here”
He explained that “Punta Cana is the main destination in the Dominican Republic, as happens in Spain with some points such as Madrid and Mallorca, but it is spread throughout Spain, so that is what we want to happen in the Dominican Republic, that is why I I recently said that we are going to have the need for the State to have to invest more money in infrastructure to expand roads, for example, here the Tourist Boulevard is already small and we have to expand it, we have to take it to four lanes, all the way to Uvero Alto. . Another infrastructure is the Baní ring road, which will now allow hotels to begin building in that area. So infrastructure is going to be the challenge that the government is going to have to keep up with the growth of the hotel industry and so that, for example, at the Punta Cana Airport we receive 10 million passengers. Well, actually, I believe that all destinations, no matter where it is, the fact that Punta Cana is the largest destination in the Caribbean is a reality, but I think that what we have to think about is how we feel as Dominicans because “The tourist doesn’t stay here.”
The impact on the local economy is palpable, said Ranieri, and gave as an example the lettuce consumed in hotels. It comes from Constanza, the chickens come from Santo Domingo, the pigs come from Moca, that is to say, the entire Dominican economy moves then, it doesn't matter where from where it comes, the important thing is that they arrive and that we continue to grow and that we continue the Dominicans understanding that we have to take care of tourism and we have to take care of tourists so that we can continue to grow.
“The Spanish economy is the one who gets it out of the hole and who is driving the growth of tourism and there are 85 to 86 million tourists this year and no one is talking about there being overflowing places and here there are people who say we already have too much, but in a area, I am sure that the Sevillians do not care if they build 20,000 more rooms, or the Galicians or any other area, so I believe that in Spain they are not talking about tourism being developed in such a place, but tourism going to Spain.