With an investment of more than 200 million dollars, the Punta Bergantín trust stands out among the agreements aimed at positioning the Dominican Republic as a “leading” destination in the Caribbean
41 agreements, worth more than 20 million dollars, were signed on Wednesday by the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with the private sector during the second Dominican Republic “Tradeshow” held in Miami, USA.
Being the largest tourism operation that has taken place in Florida so far, the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, described the signing of these million-dollar agreements as a “historic” event.
With an investment of more than 200 million dollars, the Punta Bergantín trust stands out among the agreements aimed at positioning the Dominican Republic as a “leading” destination in the Caribbean.
As part of the inauguration of the “Tradeshow”, the Karisma Hotels & Resorts hotel chain announced its participation in the project with a memorandum of understanding that promises to develop 300 additional rooms and a water park. The project will promote Puerto Plata to thousands of tourists and promises to have 4,500 new hotel rooms and 2,000 residential and mixed-use tourist units.
“We are excited to announce this magnificent project, which will be unique in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean due to its features,” said Jorge Luis Feliz, president of Karisma Dominican Republic. He also assured that the Punta Bergantín project “will capture the unique essence of the beautiful Puerto Plata region.”
OTHER AGREEMENTS
A total of 11 million-dollar agreements were signed in the first round, with Latin American travel agencies, airlines, and tour operators in the region standing out.
They included the tourist management agencies: Expedia, a global online travel company where more than 2 million tourists book trips to the Dominican Republic using its platforms; Despega Travel Agency, an online travel company in Latin America where more than 400 thousand passengers booked visits to Dominican soil; Price Travel, a tour agency and operator based in Mexico; Virtuoso Travel, a network of luxury travel agencies; Internova Travel Group; El Corte Inglés; ALG Vacations and Signature Travel Network.
As for airlines, Canada-based low-cost carrier WestJet and U.S. carrier Jetblue Airways signed on.
“The largest number of Dominican exhibitors”
The Dominican “tradeshow” connected 70 companies in the country with travel agents and tour operators from Latin America, Canada, and the United States. More than 1,000 meetings were held between all those involved in the sector.
“We are going to close operations that will guarantee some 6,300,000 tourists to the DR, which is what the American market represents,” said Minister Collado.
Also noteworthy are three offices of the Punta Cana Group, Banreservas, and Turismo.
“This is the largest amount of representation of companies that DR has had at any fair, in the entire world,” he said.
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