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P<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>residents of various Spanish hotel chains with investment in the Dominican Republic highlighted the quality of service they have seen from the DR as well as the profound interest on the part of the Dominican government to protect the industry. <\/P> Businesspeople recognize the change the DR has undergone in terms of quality of service offered to tourists as well as facilities and the interest and involvement of the government in the tourism sector. <\/P> The businesspeople told Dominican Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, that the quality of the DR as a tourist destination has been increasing in recent years and that the Dominican Republic today has changed unrecognizably from one to three years ago. They went on the say that the DR will continue to be the most important destination in the Caribbean region for investors and tourists from distant markets like Spain as well as the rest of Europe, according to the Office of Press and Communication of the Tourism Ministry (SECTUR).<\/P> Businesspeople recognize the change the DR has undergone in terms of quality of service offered to tourists as well as facilities and the interest and involvement of the government in the tourism sector. <\/P> The observations made by the presidents of the hotel chains were made at a breakfast with Mr. Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez at the Villa Magna Hotel in Madrid, Spain. <\/P> In view of the impression expressed by the Spanish executives, Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez announced that the Tourism Ministry has finished with the Territorial Organization Plan carried out in the country\u2019s tourism regions explaining that it includes the National Street Signs Plan which will facilitate easier and safer traveling conditions for international visitors as well as generally providing higher levels of safety. <\/P> He announced, in addition, the Tourism Ministry\u2019s plan to renew the tourism taxi fleets, which will be comprised of uniformed and regulated taxi drivers and vehicles that will provide service in all tourism areas around the country, adding that they are valuable in terms of safety and efficiency. <\/P> Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez also announced that the Dominican Tourism Ministry is working on paving the main streets and roads in the tourism areas of the country and will be putting in new sidewalks and community containers in areas around the tourism centers.<\/P> The hotel presidents at the meeting were: Jaime Batlle of the Mar Chain and the Batlle Group; Juan Jos\u00e9 Hidalgo from Globalia; Jos\u00e9 Espelt from the H10 Hotels; Enric Noguer of Hotetur; Miguel and Gloria Flux\u00e1 of Iberostar; Gabriel Felip and Gregorio de Diego of Occidental; Pablo Pi\u00f1ero of the Pi\u00f1ero Group; Abel Matutes of Sirenis Hotels and Grabriel Escarrer (father and son), of Sol Meli\u00e1.<\/P> Others present included Haydee Kuret de Rainieri, president of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES); businessmen Luis L\u00f3pez, Manuel Castillo, Abraham Selman and Juan Manuel Mart\u00edn de Oliva, Vice President of Banco Popular\u2019s Tourism Division.<\/P> Accompanying Tourism Minister Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez, was his assistant Jos\u00e9 Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez; Radham\u00e9s Mart\u00ednez Aponte, Technical Deputy Minister and Paola Dimitri, Director of the Dominican Tourism Promotion Office (OPT) for Spain and Portugal.<\/P> Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, with businesspeople, SECTUR executives and the Director of the List\u00edn Diario newspaper, Miguel Franjul, at the Dominican pavilion. Meeting of Dominican Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda with presidents of Spanish hotel chains. <\/P> Spanish Hoteliers Praise the Quality of Dominican Tourism Presidents of various Spanish hotel chains with investment in the Dominican Republic highlighted the quality of service they have seen from the DR as well as the profound interest on the part of the Dominican government to protect the industry. 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\nDate of Publication : January 25, 2010<\/EM><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"