He Airport International of Punta Canathe air terminal with the greatest flow of passengers –up to 4.8 million on average–, expect growth up to 8% in the arrival of new travelers for the year 2025estimated the founder and chairman of the board of the Puntacana Group, Frank Rainieri.
The executive tourist pointed out to Free Diary that the terminal has received up to 70% of the tourists that arrive at countrywhich also impacts the flow of tourists that comes to the region.
“I think we are going to have positive numbersYes, but we all have to work hand in hand to take care of the tourismbecause he tourism It’s not just the hoteliersnor are it just governments. There, we all have to collaborate with social peace, with the space of our visitors, so that they feel good,” he stressed.
He Airport of Punta Cana It was the main entry route for 407,748 tourists who entered the Dominican Republic in the month of November alone, representing 61% of the 667,045 passengers In total, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
After receiving recognition for his contributions to the sector within the framework of the presentation of the results of tourism As of November of this year, Rainieri considered that the Dominican Republic has a “golden opportunity” for 2025, because the tourism industry is consolidated and is a benchmark in Latin America.
“In addition to that, we found that some of the countries in the Caribbean that attract many touriststhey are having many problems that will not allow them to grow. In others, they are taking the wrong policies, increasing taxes on tourists, and that will also motivate us to receive more tourists“, he explained to this medium.
Added to this is an increasingly close collaboration between the public sector and the private sectorin the development of new tourist centers in progress. “Today we can say that the sector tourist nationalthe Ministry of Tourism and the Presidency of the Republic are fully integrated, that decisions are made through discussion, with all sectors making a contribution so that the industry can continue to grow,” said the businessman.
Center of Englishamong the main plans of investment in 2025
The businessman assured that the construction of a institute of education superior in Punta Canaa center dedicated to training personnel for the sector touristis among the main goals of investment looking ahead to next year.
“The great center has not yet been built, it is in a project, in a plan of investment for 2025“, he reported, adding that these are plans that take time because there is not always the staff or the facilities to start them.
At the time of announcing this initiative last April, the Ministry of Tourism He said that he had two necessary aspects to start: an initial capital of 20 million dollars–product of savings in the budget of the Ministry of Tourism which will be reinvested for the construction of the school – and the land, which will be donated by Grupo Puntacana.
The Government contemplated, for the opening of this center, the negotiation with a international franchise who has experience in this type of specialized academies.
Rainieri highlighted that the growth of tourism must be accompanied by broader language teaching English from stages of the education increasingly earlier, accompanied by the teaching of tourism in schools, due to how dynamic this sector is for the growth of the economy.
“He who speaks English in the industry tourism earns between 30% and 50% more,” he said.
Territorial planning: a priority
So that he tourism can be developed in a sustainable way, both the Government and businessmen must work based on a plan of territorial planningsaid Rainieri, who considered it as one of the main priorities that the tourism industry must consider in the next three years.
“In the next three years, this government is going to have to dedicate a lot of resources to consolidation of tourist destinations and the infrastructure that this dizzying growth needs, because an aqueduct for two thousand hotel rooms is not the same as an aqueduct for ten thousand. But, one hundred thousand tourism employees are not the same as two hundred thousand,” he stressed.
He explained that, beyond developing development plans, It’s time to apply them, but in order: “that the tourist destinations“he declared.
