David Collado is confirmed as Dominican Minister of Tourism

For his new term as president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader swore in 9 new ministers this Friday, while the rest were ratified in their ministries, including the Minister of Tourism, David Collado.

For his part, Collado indicated that the Dominican Republic expects to reach 11.5 million visitors this year. “As the President of the Republic expressed, the country is on a firm path towards 11.5 million visitors, we have had the best month of January, February, March, April, May, June and July in the history of tourism, January to July, 6 million 968 thousand, that is, almost seven million in seven months, our projections are to exceed 11.5 million visitors, as the president expressed, in 2023 more than 30% of the economic growth of the Dominican Republic was on the shoulders of tourism, more than 9 billion dollars in foreign currency entered our country as a result of tourism,” Collado told Noticias SIN.

Collado recently expressed his interest in continuing in the position but indicated that President Abinader would confirm him. “It has been an honor to serve you for four years, but it will be a greater honor to continue serving you for another year or two,” Collado said.

As reported by REPORTUR.mxIn July, the Dominican Republic announced that the brands Hyatt, Meliá, Grupo Punta Cana and Karisma will build a mega tourism project called Punta Bergantín with 9 hotels in Puerto Plata, an initiative of the Dominican government with the aim of reviving the destination. (DR: mega project of 9 hotels in Puerto Plata approved).

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources approved the environmental license for this development. With this, the complex will be able to begin construction work in August, which will cover an area of ​​9.6 million square meters, but excludes the use of infrastructure construction in wetlands, mangroves, dunes, swamps, ravines, and any other area of ​​environmental vulnerability, as explained at the time by Andrés Marranzini, executive director of the Punta Bergantín tourism project, as reported by arecoa.com.