The decision was adopted by resolution at the 26th United Nations General Assembly on Tourism in Saudi Arabia, attended by more than 160 delegations from member states.

The Dominican Minister of Tourism, David Collado, thanked the distinction and stressed the importance for his country to hold the event in this country.

“Hosting the @UNWTO’s General Assembly in 2027 is not just an achievement: it is a recognition of a management that transformed the way of tourism in the region,” Collado wrote on his social networks.

The official added that “the leadership of the Dominican Republic continues to grow in world tourism”.

Recently UN Tourism recognized David Collado as the Tourism Minister of the Americas, being the first time that the United Nations agency awards this distinction.

At the 26th Assembly, which concluded this Tuesday, the Dominican Republic was represented by the deputy minister of that portfolio, Carlos Peguero.

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