\n
\n
\n
![\"Acto](\"\/Portal\/noticias\/turismo_2010_65.jpg\")
<\/TD>\n
<\/TD>
\n
\n
T<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>he Minister of Tourism (SECTUR) met with the directors from the Offices of Tourism Promotion (OPT) with whom he discussed and defined their plans and strategies to be carried out in 2010 with the goal of increasing the number of foreign visitors to the Dominican Republic. <\/P> Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda inst\u00f3 a los directores de las OPT en el exterior a trabajar de manera puntual con los principales actores de los mercados tur\u00edsticos, para lograr mantener a Rep\u00fablica Dominicana como destino l\u00edder de la regi\u00f3n del Caribe, informa la Direcci\u00f3n de Prensa de Sectur.<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/P> In speaking to OPT directors working abroad, Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda stressed the importance of working closely with the main actors in the tourism market in an effort to make the Dominican Republic the leading destination in the Caribbean region, according to the Press Office of SECTUR.<\/P> The Minister added that the coming year will see an increase in the international tourism promotion budget and that these promotions will be geared toward markets in Canada, the United States, Europe and South America. <\/P> Attending the meeting were OPT representatives from country offices in <\/EM>Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Montreal, Toronto, Miami, New York, Chicago, Puerto Rico, Germany, France, England, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Russian, the Czech Republic and Sweden.<\/P> In addition, the Minister’s personal assistant, Jos\u00e9 Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez was present along with others including Deputy Ministers for International Promotion and the South Central, Magaly Toribio and Fausto Fern\u00e1ndez, respectively. Also present were the Directors of Promotion Isabel V\u00e1squez; Publicity, Carlos Daniel Rubio; Public Relations, Giselle D\u00edaz; E-Marketing, Evelyn Paiewonski; and Press and Communications, Rossanna Figueroa.<\/P> Mr. Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez stressed that tourism in the Dominican Republic is well-positioned and that 2010 represents a great opportunity for the country. He based his projections on the fact that tourism contributed fully $4.2 billion dollars to the national economy and is headed to do the same for 2009. <\/P> He said that as an incentive to the Latin American markets, which have maintained a constant rate of growth, meetings will be held next year with the main actors in tourism areas from Argentina, Chile and Colombia. He noted that his offices in Europe will be working closely with the Italian market. <\/P> As such, OPT directors from South America, the United States, Canada and Europe recapped their 2009 activities in addition to discussing what actions they will be undertaking in 2010. <\/P> Tourism Minister, Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, speaking with OPT directors who work abroad. Beside him is Magaly Toribio, Jos\u00e9 Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez and Isabel V\u00e1squez.<\/P> Susana Rosa, Director of the OPT Office in Montreal, Canada, speaking about her office’s plans for 2010.<\/P> Lucien Echavarr\u00eda, OPT New York Director, discussing year-end results for 2009 and plans for 2010.<\/P> <\/P> Tourism Ministry Sketches Strategy for 2010 Foreign Promotion The Minister of Tourism (SECTUR) met with the directors from the Offices of Tourism Promotion (OPT) with whom he discussed and defined their plans and strategies to be carried out in 2010 with the goal of increasing the number of foreign visitors to the Dominican Republic. Francisco … Continue reading “Tourism Ministry Sketches Strategy for 2010 Foreign Promotion”<\/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-3545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3545"}],"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=3545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n![\"Acto](\"\/Portal\/noticias\/turismo_2010_500.jpg\")
<\/P>
\n
\n![\"Acto](\"\/Portal\/noticias\/turismo2_2010_500.jpg\")
<\/P>
\n
\n![\"Acto](\"\/Portal\/noticias\/turismo3_2010_500.jpg\")
<\/P>
\n
\n
\n
\n<\/TD>
\n<\/TD>
\nFecha de Actualizaci\u00f3n: 20 de Diciembre del 2009<\/EM><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"