Convention and shopping tourism are challenges for Dominican industry

19-02-23

Convention and shopping tourism is one of the challenges that the sector must strengthen in order to continue increasing visitor arrivals to the country.

In this regard, the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, announced that in the next 90 days the construction of a convention centre in Santo Domingo will begin, which aims to increase hotel occupancy in the city by between 7% and 8%.

The new convention centre will be built on the grounds of the Hispaniola Hotel in Santo Domingo, for which the bidding process has already begun.