Canada's ambassador Patricia Fortier said the growth perspective in the flow of tourists and investments from her country to Dominican Republic are promissory for 2009.
The diplomat, who met with Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia to discuss the bilateral tourism agenda, stated her country’s interest in bolstering agreements on Canadian cooperation and investments.
Fortier said there’s currently “an umbrella of concrete possibilities” to expand the cooperation with the Tourism Ministry (Sectur), given the country’s increasing importance as a tourist destination, as shown by the sharp increase in Canadian tourists in the last five years.
The ambassador said she shares Garcia’s optimism with the increase of tourists from Canada, despite the economic crisis in the international market.
Only the United States surpasses Canada in the number of tourists, and posted a 17.9% jump last year, with 561,534 at the close of November, according to recent figures of the Central Bank.
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