{"id":498375,"date":"2026-01-23T10:16:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/asonahores-president-calls-fitur-2026-the-best-in-history\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:16:54","slug":"asonahores-president-calls-fitur-2026-the-best-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/asonahores-president-calls-fitur-2026-the-best-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Asonahores President calls FITUR 2026 the best in history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spain.- <\/strong>The president of the <strong>Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (<a href=\"https:\/\/asonahores.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/asonahores.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asonahores<\/a>)<\/strong> Juan Bancalari &#8220;Papo&#8221;, described the 46th edition of the <strong>International Tourism Fair<\/strong> as the best <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifema.es\/fitur\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ifema.es\/fitur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> FITUR<\/a> <\/strong>in history, due to the success achieved in investments.<\/p>\n\n\nIn that vein, he highlighted that the Dominican Republic should be proud of the work that the <strong>Ministry of Tourism<\/strong> has been carrying out with the management of <strong>David Collado<\/strong> and financial institutions.\n\nHe explained that all this can be seen in the percentage of the <strong>Gross Domestic Product (GDP)<\/strong>, which today is double.\n\n&#8220;My whole life I grew up hearing about the poverty of the border and look, there were 167 thousand cruise passengers to Cabo Rojo last year, you calculate that each one spent a hundred and something dollars and that&#8217;s a few million,&#8221; he indicated.\n\nHe also referred to the progress of the people of Miches, which already has more than 3,000 rooms in operation, reflecting that tourism in the Dominican Republic covers the entire country, not just a specific destination.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/economia\/banreservas-resalta-en-fitur-2026-inversiones-por-mas-de-us4000-millones-para-rd\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/economia\/banreservas-resalta-en-fitur-2026-inversiones-por-mas-de-us4000-millones-para-rd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> <\/strong>Banreservas highlights in FITUR 2026 investments of over US$4,000 million for DR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nDon Papo, as he is also known, advanced that the Asonahores Agenda for 2026 will be complex, due to all the diversification of tourism.\n\n&#8220;Now we must support tourism, sports, cultural and gastronomic tourism and therefore Asonahores will have more work,&#8221; pointed out <strong>Bancalari<\/strong>.\n\n<strong>Fitur is the reference event in the tourism sector<\/strong> and the leading fair for inbound and outbound markets worldwide. 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