The Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, David Collado, announced that he is working together with different sectors in the last details prior to the entry into force of the new provisions and sanitary protocols of the Responsible Tourism Recovery Plan, now ready to be implemented starting this September 15.

The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader Corona today announced the Responsible Tourism Recovery Plan for COVID-19, the purpose of which is to anticipate, address and overcome the new challenges facing the tourism sector.

The executive vice president of the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Asonahores), Andrés Marranzini, revealed that as of July 1, 30% of the rooms in hotels will be reactivated to receive tourists and also depending on demand will will activate the re-entry of staff.

The Tourism Minister, Francisco Javier García said tourists will go to those places which had best managed the coronavirus.

The Dominican Republic, the tourism leader in the Caribbean and Latin America, is no exception to the pandemic that collapses the countries’ health system and paralyzes their economies.

The hotels on the East coast are gradually closing their doors, laying off staff, concluding with the stay of the few tourists staying and waiting for the ferry flights (charter) to return their guests to their countries.