The information was provided by the Consul General of Canada in the Dominican Republic, Collin Holditch, who said that tourists usually visit the tourist areas of the North and East, specifically Punta Cana.
“The pandemic has obviously had an effect, but every year the number of Canadians visiting the country increases, and now that we are out of the pandemic we see that increase continuing, so our expectations are that over the next three years, this more than a million Canadian tourists per year,” he declared.
He added that there are some hotels with Canadian investments and that there are many small businesses, especially in the North, according to Acento.
It is recalled that in the tourism statistics for January, presented by the Ministry of Tourism (Mitur), it is detailed that of the 7,165,387 tourists who arrived in the Dominican Republic by air during the year 2022, 15.87% came from from Canada; only surpassed by the United States, which accounted for 32.39%.
Furthermore, at the beginning of February this year, the Dominican government signed a new air transport agreement with Canada, an “open skies” agreement that will allow the expansion of existing operations between the two states, in the aim to increase tourism, trade and connectivity.
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