The Turks & Caicos National Museum in Cockburn Town features what is thought to be the oldest shipwreck in the Americas, a caravel that sank on Molasses Reef in 1513.
The Caribbean Tourist Exchange (BTC) closed its doors at the Convention Center of the Dominican Fiesta Hotel, in Santo Domingo, with estimated negotiation figures of about 1.4 million dollars.
This Edition, in which more than 100 national and international exhibitors, local and regional tour operators participated, focused on strengthening unconventional market segments and promoting Santo Domingo as a tourist destination for historical, cultural and artistic values.
Luis Felipe Aquino, President of the BTC, highlighted that the workshop and the trade show turned out the events of greater economic weight of the commercial event because they were directed to market the various Dominican tourism products and services.
The Caribbean Tourist Exchange also developed a cooking show organized by the Dominican Culinary Institute (ICD), and an exhibition of the Virgin Patrons of America by the artists of the Dominican College of Plastic Arts, as well as the Artisan Exhibition, which highlighted native craftsmanship.
The BTC Program included the First Latin American Congress of Religious Tourism and Emerging Destinations, organized jointly by Cotal, Colatur of Argentina and Mitur, the first Cultural Gastronomic Fair of Mexico that covers a Taco Festival and Tequila Tasting in the pavilion of Mexico
The Turks & Caicos National Museum in Cockburn Town features what is thought to be the oldest shipwreck in the Americas, a caravel that sank on Molasses Reef in 1513.
