Dominican Ministry of Tourism Regional Offices

REGIONAL LIST OF OFFICES - click to view

The Ministry of tourism of the Dominican Republic has a broad mission, and influences every aspect of the tourism sector in the island, which has turned it into the largest Caribbean destination by number of visitors.

The full list of tasks performed by the Tourism Ministry is quite lengthy:

• Plan, program, organize, direct, promote, coordinate and evaluate the activities of the country's Tourism Industry, in accordance with the objectives, goals and national policies determined by the Executive Power.
• Determine and supervise the Tourism Development Poles in the country and guide the projects to be carried out in them.
• Guide, in accordance with the regulations in this regard, the design and construction of all the infrastructure works required for the development of the different tourism projects.
• Coordinate, through the Corporation for the Promotion of the Hotel Industry and Tourism Development (Corphotel), the national activities aimed at the development of the hotel company.
• Authorize, regulate, supervise and control the operation of tourist services, such as: Travel Agencies, Tourist Guides, Hotels and Restaurants, Bars, Quality Tourist Night Centers, Tourist Transport and all companies and individuals that provide services to tourists and/or carry out tourist activities.
• Increase tourism production in the country by promoting the construction, financing, improvement and conservation of companies in the sector.
• Coordinate the actions of all State agencies related to tourism, in order to achieve the best results in terms of service, protection or facilitation of the sector.
• Evaluate tourism and non-tourism infrastructure projects protected by the Secretariat, in order to plan and territorially order said areas, to comply with Law No. 158-01, on Tourism Incentives.
• Monitor the country's tourism development in order to maintain the tourism land use plan, established in Law No. 84 and its regulations.
• Regularize and regulate, through inspections, all companies that offer travel agency services and tour operators nationwide.
• Ensure the regularization of hotels, restaurants and food and beverage outlets, in terms of preparation, quality and prices.
• Regulate and order all craft stores in our country, to comply with Law No. 84 and its Regulation No. 2123.
• Regulate the maritime and land tourist transport service for passengers in ports, airports, beaches, restaurants, rivers and lakes.
• Ensure the environmental sanitation of tourism and growth of ecotourism to frame the country in sustainable development and promote the complementary offer of nature, in order to diversify the Dominican tourism product.
• Establish, in coordination with the Secretary, the tourism development programs of the Regional Directorates of the country, so that each one can carry out its work, according to the nature of its area, in order to attract national and international tourists.
• Promote tourism development in the region through the execution of promotion and inspection programs that guarantee compliance with the laws and regulations of the Secretary of State for Tourism.
• Guide members of cultural organizations (clubs, neighborhood associations, ecclesiastical associations, patron saint festival committees, foundations, etc.) in everything related to tourism development in the different areas.
• Train, update and raise awareness of all the people involved in the tourism sector (peddlers, boatmen, trenceras, tourist taxi drivers, guides, mountaineers, air traffic, etc.) through talks, workshops, seminars, conferences, language courses, tourist scholarships , etc., to achieve a better understanding of the tourist activity and, therefore, its better execution.
• Guarantee the promotion of tourism in the Dominican Republic outside the national territory, through the Foreign Tourism Promotion Offices, in order to attract tourists and obtain foreign exchange.
• Design marketing strategies, in order to promote tourism in the Dominican Republic nationally and internationally.
• Take the image of the country to the different countries of the world in order to promote it as a tourist destination, based on the artistic, cultural, folkloric, gastronomic, artisanal, eco-touristic, historical, monumental, museographic elements, rites, ceremonies, customs , architectural elements, in order to form a clear conception of the idiosyncrasy of the Dominican people.