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ASONAHORES Recognizes Tourism Minister\u2019s One Year Anniversary with Ministry <\/STRONG><\/P> T<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>he National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES) honored the work being done by Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda on the anniversary of his first year in the post. Minister Garc\u00eda is being lauded for his work around in the country\u2019s numerous tourism poles, for his institutional work and effort in unifying the tourism sector around the development of this important economic area in the country. <\/P> Among the achievements underscored by ASONAHORES is a 6.66 percent increase in 2008 of tourism from emerging countries; a 65 percent increase in visitors arriving to the DR by sea; promotion campaigns integrating Dominican residents living abroad… <\/P> The recognition ceremony included the presentation of a book with all the news and activities undertaken by Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez this past year; these activities have encouraged and promoted the development of local tourism. The book was given to the Minister by Susana Villanueva, President of the Women\u2019s Committee of ASONAHORES, according to a press release from the Office of Press and Communications of the Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR). Arturo Villanueva, Executive Director of ASONAHORES praises the work of Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez, as the Minister receives recognition from the Women\u2019s Committee of ASONAHORES<\/I> Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez looking at the food offerings from the various hotels around the country<\/I> Yolanda Ma\u00f1\u00e1n, Director of Communications of Aerodom, invites Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda into Aerodom\u2019s stand. <\/I> <\/P> ASONAHORES Recognizes Tourism Minister\u2019s One Year Anniversary with Ministry The National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES) honored the work being done by Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda on the anniversary of his first year in the post. Minister Garc\u00eda is being lauded for his work around in the country\u2019s numerous tourism poles, for his … Continue reading “ASONAHORES Recognizes Tourism Minister\u2019s One Year Anniversary with Ministry”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Among the achievements underscored by ASONAHORES is a 6.66 percent increase in 2008 of tourism from emerging countries; a 65 percent increase in visitors arriving to the DR by sea; promotion campaigns integrating Dominican residents living abroad and the launch of the new promotional campaign, \u201cthe Dominican Republic Has it All.\u201d
In addition, ASONAHORES recognized the international achievements of Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez during his first year in office as Tourism Minister, such as “2009 Number One Golf Destination in Latin America and the Caribbean,\u201d given by the International Association of Golfing Tour Operators. There is also the \u201cBest Caribbean Destination\u201d award which is part of Reader’s Choice 2008 of Travel Weekly magazine.
Ms. Villanueva also cited the recognition from the Federation of Tour Operators of the United Kingdom (IFTO) which congratulated the Dominican Republic for its substantial improvement in the levels of health and sanitary conditions in its hotels and tourism areas.
In receiving this distinction, Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez thanked the Women\u2019s Committee of ASONAHORES, saying his first year at the helm of SECTUR was a lot of work and that he expects the second year to be the same.
“I feel that in the Dominican Republic, where there are so many important sectors, tourism is the easiest area in which to be a minister because all areas involved in tourism activities have a clear goal and know where they\u2019re going and what they want. This is a sector where people don\u2019t like to waste time, people move ahead firmly and toward these clear goals,\u201d he said.
In this order, Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez congratulated the men and women who work for tourism development in the Dominican Republic and the Dominican nation for its decisive contribution to the development of the country.
Prior to the event held by ASONAHORES, Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez walked around to view the stands that are part of the XXIII Commerce Exhibition going on in the Dominican Fiesta Hotel in Santo Domingo. He was accompanied by his personal assistant Jos\u00e9 Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez, the Vice President of ASONAHORES, Ventura Serra, Executive Director of ASONAHORES, Arturo Villanueva and President of the Women\u2019s Committee, Susana de Villanueva.
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\nDate of Publication: August 30, 2009<\/EM><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"