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03-14-2008, 05:00 PM
Tourism in 2008 could exceed 2007 figures, according to Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez. During the first two months of the year 725,238 visitors came to the DR. This is a 9.14% increase in travelers compared to the same period in 2007. He highlighted that Central Bank figures indicate that in February alone 372,002 visitors came to the country, a 12.74% increase on last year's figures. During the first two months of the year Canadians made up the largest number of visitors with 13.9% followed by US travelers, 10%, and Europe, 2.12%. Russia, 9.3%, Belgium, 7.2%, and Great Britain, 2.7%. Jimenez says that this increase in travel has come about thanks to the government's increased spending on publicity, adding that during the last three years the average spending on tourism promotion was about US$23.3 million.
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