Tourism slows

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The Quisqueya Foundation, quoting Central Bank figures, says that during the third trimester of the year tourism to the DR slowed by 3.1%, compared to the same period in 2007. This represents the largest decrease in the flow of tourism since 1998. Quisqueya Foundation directors Frank Valenzuela and Hector Frias say these figures point to the start of a slowdown in Dominican tourism markets. They explain that 24,835 fewer people visited the DR during this period for a total of 771,267 while in the same period in 2007 the total was 796,102. Travel from the US was down from 279,328 to 270,043 visitors.

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