In the Dominican Rebublic we have a Competitive and Sustainable Tourism.

Tourism in our country is one of the inherent parts of the economy, which most currencies contributing to the national treasury. The president of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (Asonahores) insisted that the Government create the conditions for the industry will continue and be competitive, including real exchange rate, and argues that the overvaluation of the currency and taxes are a threat to the competitiveness of the industry "no fireplace."

Luis Lopez stated that the Dominican hoteliers aspire to establish a fiscal pact with the Government with a horizon to the year 2020, which should embody the recognition of tourism as an export activity. The leader hotelier stressed the impetus to tourism areas from the Dominican government and the Ministry of Tourism and highlighted the coincidence between the private and public sectors, in the spirit and letter of the National Plan for Systemic Competitiveness.

He explained that tourists travelling to the Dominican Republic are beginning to pay taxes since it is mounted on the aircraft until they return to their country of origin. He cited that in 2006, the sector contributed more than RD$25 billion, a figure considered incomplete because many aspects are almost impossible to quantify. "To get an idea of how the tax burden has increased, in the year two thousand and four, the Government received 119 dollars per tourist, in two thousand five that rose to 159 dollars, for an increase of thirty-four percent, and last year reached 191 dollars, for an increase of twenty percent. For the current year as we move from two hundred dollars per tourist, "he elaborated.

For example, the value-added tax or ITBIS, is a tribute created for taxing domestic consumption, but when they applied to foreign visitors, it becomes a tax on exports. He commented that in Dominican Republic exports of goods are tax-free and that the citizens of other countries are not required to pay a tax that sets the Dominican Republic. While Haydée Kuert of Rainieri said that the Dominican tourism industry has comparative advantages that should translate into a competitive advantage. (For more information click hier!!)