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NewsWhore
03-06-2008, 03:20 PM
In the last ten years the DR has received 26 million tourists, of whom 12 million were from Europe and 3 million from Germany. This growth has made the European, and the German market in particular, attractive to the Dominican tourism sector, according to Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez, who spoke at the ITB Fair in Germany. The DR is this year's Official Partner Country. Jimenez highlighted all the changes that are being made to the Dominican tourism infrastructure and the multi-million dollar investments that have been made and that are planned for the future. Jimenez paid tribute to President Leonel Fernandez's vision, which he said has allowed for progress in the sector and added that changes in the private sector have also helped spur this growth.

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