Dominican air company to be capitalized to boost tourism

Dominican president Hipolito Mejia okayed a decree for the country’s Tourism Department and the Public Enterprise Reform Commission to start out a partnership between the State and the national private sector to put the Dominican Aviation Company (DAC) –grounded since 1987- back in the air.

The initiative is part of a project aimed at peppering up the local leisure industry that this year hopes to capture 3.3 million visitors and has turned out to be a key player for the national economy.

Local authorities indicated the tourist industry is staging a comeback after the worldwide shrinkage caused by the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States and added that regardless of the cruise industry’s expansion in the number of passengers, air arrivals continue to be the basic gateway.

In president Mejia’s opinion, the DAC would provide tourists and Dominican nationals living overseas with a safe and competitive alternative.