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Tourism Minister Signs Agreement with Italian Tour Operators and Airlines<\/STRONG> Garc\u00eda said his visit to Italy, where he participated in the 30th edition of the International Tourism Fair (BIT-2010) in Milan, is the point of departure for arranging the arrival of Italian tourists to the Dominican Republic. <\/P> Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda held meetings with Nardo Filipetti, president of Eden Viaggi; Franco Pecci, president of the charter airline, Blue-Panorama and executive of the Alpitourworld Group with whom he signed cooperation agreements to increase the number of flights to the Dominican Republic, according to the Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR).<\/P> Garc\u00eda said his visit to Italy, where he participated in the 30th edition of the International Tourism Fair (BIT-2010) in Milan, is the point of departure for arranging the arrival of Italian tourists to the Dominican Republic. <\/P> \u201cWe want for Italian tourists to visit us, to see the important investments the government and private sector have made in such tourism areas as Saman\u00e1, Puerto Plata, B\u00e1varo and Punta Cana,\u201d he said.<\/P> Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez said the other added value of the Dominican Republic is the designation of Santo Domingo as the American Capital of Culture for 2010. Visitors from around the world will have the opportunity to appreciate the cultural and historical value of the First City in the Americas. <\/P> \u201cFor us, Italy is extraordinarily important and we are going to treat them as such, like the great market it is. There are five European countries that contribute the largest number of visitors to the Dominican Republic and these include Italy, France, Spain, England and Germany,\u201d he said. <\/P> He added that to be in Italy, accompanied by representatives from the private sector such as Hayd\u00e9e Kuret de Rainieri, president of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES), represents a commitment to continue working hand-in-hand – public and private sector – for the Italian market to regain the importance it once had in earlier years. <\/P> Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez stressed that the Ministry of Tourism has already begun its special promotional plan for Italy with the goal of encouraging Italians to look to the DR when planning their vacations. <\/P> \u201cNow what we want is for the Italians who haven\u2019t visited us yet to come to our country and for those who were there five, six or up to ten years ago, to come back and visit us again and see the superior tourism infrastructure that we now have,\u201d he stressed. <\/P> He reminded them of the remarks made by presidents of Spanish hotel chains last January at Madrid\u2019s International Tourism Fair (FITUR) when they reported that the Dominican hotel infrastructure was enviable by any standards around the world. <\/P> <\/SPAN> Ram\u00f3n Rivas, Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, Neyda Garc\u00eda, Rafael Blanco Canto and Jos\u00e9 Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez. Tourism Minister, Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, in a meeting with Franco Pecci, president of the Blue-Panorama charter airline service. With them are executives of the Italian airline. Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda meeting with executives of the Alpitourworld Group. With them is, Neyda Garc\u00eda, director of the Dominican Tourism Promotion Office (OPT) in Italy. Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, Dominican Tourism Minister and Nardo Filipetti, president of Eden Viaggi tour operators as they sign a cooperation agreement to increase the arrival of Italian tourists to the Dominican Republic.<\/P> Tourism Minister Signs Agreement with Italian Tour Operators and Airlines Dominican Tourism Minister, Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, signed agreements of cooperation and reinforced already existing agreements with Italy\u2019s main tour operators and airlines with the idea of confirming and expanding the diversity of the Dominican Republic as a destination in this European nation. 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D<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>ominican Tourism Minister, Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, signed agreements of cooperation and reinforced already existing agreements with Italy\u2019s main tour operators and airlines with the idea of confirming and expanding the diversity of the Dominican Republic as a destination in this European nation. <\/P>
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\nDate of Publication : Febraury 22, 2010<\/EM><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"