Tourism takes one in five foreign investment dollars in Dominican Republic
Dominican tourism takes one of every five dollars of foreign direct investment entering the country. Hosteltur reports it and confirms what the sector has been saying for years: the industry is the real engine of the economy, not a side note.
Punta Cana, Bávaro, Samaná, Puerto Plata, La Romana. Every zone has hotel projects underway, and that translates into jobs, infrastructure and foreign currency. The figure surprises no one following Central Bank data. It surprises those still treating tourism as secondary.
The reading is clear. If one in five dollars coming from abroad goes to hotels, resorts and tourism projects, the sector deserves the same political and fiscal attention as mining or free trade zones. And it deserves MITUR and the Finance Ministry to handle incentives and promotion with the same seriousness. There lies the opportunity: consolidate this flow, diversify destinations and formalize more investment in provinces still not tapping their potential.
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