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Fast: “Closure of Canadian flights surprised the entire industry” – Tourism News


He maintains that fortunately the quarantine in the United States has not been radical

The president of Asoleste sees key to bring tourists from new source markets

Confía RD will continue to demonstrate capacity to combat Covid

Related topics: Asoleste, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, The Caribbean, Ernesto Veloz, United States, Jamaica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Riu, Romania

February 9, 2021
By R.A.

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The president of the Association of Hotels and Tourism Projects of the East (Asoleste), Ernesto Veloz, stated that the Canadian government’s ban on flights to Mexico Y Caribbean, undoubtedly surprised the entire value chain of the tourism industry.

“In order not to suffer the impact that this could generate, one of the options, according to Veloz, is to significantly attract tourists from countries such as Bulgaria Y Romania, as in fact the hotel chain is already promoting it Riu, with a presence in Verón-Punta Cana, he said.

Veloz indicated that “fortunately, we still have U.S that it has not established a radical quarantine and has not applied flight suspension, in addition to being our main source market, ”according to local media.

The head of Asoleste trusts the actions of the tourism sector to continue promoting the Dominican Republic destination and how the country continues to demonstrate its capabilities to combat the coronavirus.

It is recalled that the government of Canada is urging the country’s airlines to stop flights to popular holiday destinations, with the aim of protecting their population from virus mutations. The measure has affected the connections to Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica Y Mexico. The suspension of regular flights to these countries will last until April 30.


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