Around 14,900 new hotel roomswith an investment of more than US $ 3,000 million, they will be built in the next three years in the country, which reflects that Dominican tourism lives an unprecedented moment in its history.
The fact was offered by the Directive of the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Asonahores), made up of Juan Bancalari, president; Aguie Lendor, Executive Vice President and Javier Tejada, first vice president, by participating in the Today’s economic encounter.
They said that the construction of these rooms, which represents 18 % of what currently exists, is the product of the guarantee offered by legal stability to investors. The average cost of a room is around US $ 200,000.
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They stressed that the infrastructure and quality of the Dominican tourist offer are far superior to those of the region, citing Casa de Campo, Cap Cana and the Puerto Bahía Navy in Samaná.
“In quantity and quality, the Dominican Republic is very much in front of the entire region in its tourist offer,” said Tejada.
He considered that investors’ enthusiasm to build hotels with huge amounts in the country is great.
He stressed that Miches will open this year a thousand luxury hotel rooms.
While, the president of Asonahores, Juan Bancalarihe stressed as part of the diversification of the Dominican tourist offer, sports and health items.
He argued that the country has a high -level tourist offer and that the most luxury hotel chains in the world are being established in the Dominican destination.
They reported that in La Romana, Punta Cana, Cabrera and Samaná there are constructions as a second home of a very high level, by delicious people.
A problem of the tourism sector is, according to Banchalari, the shortage of personnel, although it highlighted the role played by the National Institute for Professional Technical Training (INFOTEP) · In that sense, but that more trained people are needed.
He proposed the training of personnel for the tourism sector is not only in the enclaves, but in the big cities.
At a minimum, a hotel has two employees per room, but if it is of higher level of services, it can reach three or four, they indicated.
“The sector is aware of the importance of maintaining sustainability programs,” said the executive vice president.
The tourism sector generates about 427,000 direct jobs in an aggregate manner, according to the Central Bank, but, in addition to that, indirect and induced jobs are estimated at 300 and 400 thousand.
Tourism produced More than US $ 1.2 billion In direct foreign investment (FDI) in 2024, accumulating US $ 9,460 million in the last decade. It also represents 30 % of the country’s total FDI in the last five years.
Recent and execution projects are Punta Bergantín, in Puerto Plata; Cabo Rojo, in Pedernales; Miches, in El Seibo province and the remodeling of Boca Chica.
