China mission comes to help prepare DR to receive Chinese tourists
The government of the People’s Republic of China is working with the Ministry of Tourism to facilitate the arrival of Chinese tourists to the Dominican Republic as part of the agreements between the two nations following the new diplomatic relations that began on 30 April 2018.
A Chinese delegation, headed by the president of the China Tourism Academy and the deputy general manager of Hainan Airlines, the main Chinese private airline and the fourth largest air passenger mover in Asia, are visiting to meet with representatives of the Dominican tourism sector.
Dai Bin, who in addition to being the president of the Chinese Academy of Tourism is also director of the National Tourism Data Center, will lead a day of work with Dominican tourism entrepreneurs so that they can adapt their facilities to the demands of the Chinese traveler.
Meanwhile, Pubin Liang, deputy general manager of Hainan Airlines, is coming to discuss the possibilities of creating routes to facilitate air connections between China and the Dominican Republic. The airline has several routes to the United States.
The mission, completed by Xiangyan Liu, Huang Juang, Yang Zhang, María Brava and Zhang Ye, is accompanied by Dominican ambassador in China, Briuni Garabito.
“For this, we are collaborating with the Dominican business sector so that it can be attractive to them. This mission, important for understanding how the Chinese tourism market works, has been promoted by the Dominican Ministry of Tourism,” explained Garabito.
Garabito said the Chinese government is especially interested in the Dominican Republic getting a share of the 130 million a year Chinese tourist market. Earlier this year, representatives of Ctrip visited. The Chinese company handles more than 60% of China’s tourism and travel operations.
The Chinese delegation is also scheduled to meet with President Danilo Medina and leading representatives of the tourism industry at the Presidential Palace.
The mission has already met with Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, and the Ambassador of China in the Dominican Republic, Zhang Run.
During the work visit, Dai Bin told Diario Libre in an interview that if all goes well the Dominican Republic could receive 50,000 Chinese tourists a year. He said that among the recommendations made is the facilities for visas, increase in promotion in China and the start of flights of a more direct air connection between both countries.
Source: DR1, Eldia
July 6, 2019
Category: DR News |