SANTO DOMINGO.- The Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic continues to seek to increase the arrival of visitors to Dominican land, promoting strategies, this time with participation in the IFTM Top Resa 2025 tourism fair, the largest international tourism fair held annually in Paris, France.
From today until September 25, Quisqueya La Bella will shine as the guest of honor at the trade event, which is expected to draw more than 50,000 attendees from around the world, with the participation of approximately 3,000 exhibiting companies from more than 100 countries.
During the three days of the fair, various meetings will be held with key players in the tourism industry, generating new business opportunities and agreements to boost tourism growth to the Dominican Republic.
The meeting will be attended by authorities and businesspeople from the sector, as well as representatives from national banks, to promote investment.
Banco de Reservas, for example, will present its investment and cultural projects to strengthen the country's presence in Europe. The bank's delegation will be headed by Ysidro García, Senior Executive Vice President of Business.
One of Banreservas' featured activities will be the exhibition "Melissa 20 Moments" by Dominican artist Melissa Roedán.
The sectors involved include travel agents, tourism offices, airlines, hotel groups, tour operators, technology companies, and investors.
Evolution of the French market in the Dominican Republic
The arrival of French tourists to the Dominican Republic has had ups and downs in the last eight years, with a significant drop during the pandemic and a slight recovery, affected by the war between Russia and Ukraine, highlights a publication of the newspaper El Día on this date.
It cites data from the Central Bank, in 2020, the year of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the arrival of French tourists fell by more than 64% compared to the previous year, with only 77,834 visitors.
It notes that there was a slight recovery in 2021 (106,490 tourists), the most significant rebound occurred in 2022, when more than 217,000 visitors were recorded, reaching levels almost similar to those of the pre-pandemic years, despite the uncertainty generated by the war in Ukraine.
"By 2023, the figure had remained stable. In August of this year, the numbers began to exceed the figures of the previous year, with the arrival of 108,327 French tourists," he notes.
