November 12 2008

Tourism in DR requests reduction in airport fees

Santo Domingo. 11/12/08.- The head of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur), Francisco Javier Garcia, has begun conversations with Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom) and Grupo Punta Cana, in an effort to establish favorable incentives to the competitiveness of the Dominican tourism sector.

The Minister of Tourism offered the information, after meeting with Peter Rowe, director of Overseas Airports Management of the company TUI Airline, with whom he evaluated a possible incentive program designed to reduce airport fees in the country, as stated by a communication distributed by Sectur.

It is important to emphasize that Tui Airlines currently manages six European airlines operating in the Dominican Republic from Belgium, France, Netherlands, England, Germany and Sweden.

On the same note, Francisco Javier Garcia has met with Lawrence R. Elliot, vice president of Business and Corporate Affairs of Sun Wing, one of the major tour operators in our market in Canada, who announced the opening of a new flight from the Canadian province Sept Illes to Puerto Plata, which will start operating next week.

Sun Wing es un tour operador canadiense con vuelos desde 16 ciudades de Canadá, bajo el lema “llevamos el aeropuerto a su casa” a diferentes aeropuertos en República Dominicana los cuales tiene una política de low-cost pero con un alto nivel de servicio, además de ofrecer flexibilidad en la reservación de paquetes y de “solo vuelos” a sus clientes.

Sun Wing flies to various Dominican destinations from 16 Canadian cities under a "low cost" policy, offering at the same time high quality service and flexibility in bookings and packages.

Sun Wing is a Canadian tour operator with flights from 16 cities in Canada, under the slogan “we bring the airport to your home” to different airports in the Dominican Republic which have a low-cost policy with a high level of service, as well as flexibility in the booking of packages.

Source: Caribepreferente.com

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