Mexican operators see great opportunities in the Dominican Republic

Directors of the most important wholesale business travel and tourism companies in Mexico valued the Dominican Republic, and especially the capital Santo Domingo, with great opportunities to visit, for having a complete offer of attractions and excellent connectivity with the countries region of.

The main representatives of these travel companies fulfilled a busy schedule of several days of tours of the Colonial City and inspections of the main hotels in Santo Domingo. They were also in Casa de Campo in La Romana and Punta Cana, La Altagracia, where they also participated in DATE.

During a meeting at the Renaissance Jaragua hotel, José Trawitz, general manager of Petra Operadora, highlighted Santo Domingo's opportunities for the Mexican market in cruise tourism and the good connectivity that this city has as an offer in the Caribbean.

Upon their arrival at this hotel complex they were received by Fabeth Martínez, director of the Santo Domingo Hotel Association, Greicy Román from the Tourism Cluster and the president of Turenlaces and expert in event and conference tourism, Elizabeth Tovar, who showed part of the enormous potential of the capital city of the Dominican Republic with spacious and modern rooms for events, congresses and meetings.

For his part, Martínez valued the importance of the Mexican market in promoting Santo Domingo as a tourist destination for having a wide variety of leisure, culture, nightlife, history, gastronomy and MICE tourism.

The Fam Trip was organized by the director of the Tourism Promotion Office (OPT) for Mexico, Carolina Pérez, with the support of the Santo Domingo Tourism Cluster and Hotel Association (AHSD).

According to the director of the OPT of Mexico, this action is in order to bring Mexican operators closer to the tourist offer of the Dominican Republic in general, taking as a starting point the capital Santo Domingo, a direct destination from Mexico City. .

He affirmed that for Mexicans it is very important to combine the option of culture and city in poles such as Santo Domingo, La Romana, Punta Cana and Samaná, after assuring that “this fam trip visit helps position us as a complete destination, including ecotourism , nature, luxury, golf, events, congresses and incentives and others”.

He also highlighted the importance of this visit in showing the hotel, financial and commercial infrastructures, as well as air, sea and road connectivity, with easy access to all complementary tourist destinations.

Among the delegation of wholesale travel executives from that nation was Adriana Hernández Nava, Sales Manager of Viajes Palacio; and representatives of Viajes El Corte Inglés (Mexico).

Likewise, Erick Laris, head of production at Operadora Punta del Este. This company specializes in incentive trips, conventions, congresses, with extensive experience in all destinations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

It also had the visit by Aeroméxico of Mari Carmen López, Charter and Tour & Travel Aeroméxico coordinator and Roberto Maldonado for Aeroméxico Vacations.

Arturo Javier Galicia, general director of Concierge Travel & Life and Miguel Galicia, general director of Travel Shop Operadora, among others, also attended the fam trip of Mexican operators to the country.

Route

The group's visits and inspections of the hotel offer in the city began at the exclusive and historic Hodelpa Nicolás de Ovando hotel in the Colonial City, located on Las Damas street, the first street in the New World, where they were received by Meicy Díaz de Graceful.

From this point, the delegation of Mexican operators learned first-hand the historical experience of places such as the National Pantheon, Plaza España, Parque Colón, the Cathedral, the history of our Dominican rum in the Rum Museum, as well as a walk through the process of the production of Creole cocoa when visiting the Chocolate Museum, on Las Damas street.

The inspections of the different services and exclusivities that Santo Domingo's hotel offer has continued at the Renaissance Jaragua, Sheraton Santo Domingo, and Barceló Lina hotels, concluding at the spectacular 21-story Catalonia hotel located on the capital's boardwalk.

Mexican market recovers almost 100 percent

The director of the OPT of Mexico revealed that after the complete recovery obtained by the Dominican Republic as a result of the hard work of the Tourism Cabinet, and recognized by the World Tourism Organization, it has been accompanied by the rapid recovery of the Mexican market almost at a 100 percent.

"Right now we maintain the numbers we had in 2019, recovering almost 100 percent, while between 2017 and 2019 we grew 56 percent, a market that has remained stable and growing steadily," said Carolina Pérez.