The Ministry of Tourism has announced it will begin posting signs to help guide visitors to attractions and sites of interest. The plan contemplates posting signs easily interpreted by people from all countries on the roads leading to the historical sites and tourism centers throughout the country. He emphasized the importance of the signposts on the highways and roads leading to centers of tourist interest so that they can be found easily by visitors.
German tourists represent the largest single country source of visitors to the Dominican Republic.
In 1995 some 450,000 Germans visited the country on 988 charter flights, and initial forecasts at the start of 1996 were for some 500,000 arrivals. The Dominican Republic is second in the preference of German long distance travelers, after the United States. According to Asonahores, the main reason for the drop in the flow of German tourists is the economic problems affecting their country. Asonahores says that the country is more vulnerable to this situation because it has traditionally not invested in public relations nor institutional promotion in a professional manner in order to reinforce its position in the preference of Germans. These cases received much adverse press, as the flights delayed by the CAB forced travelers to stay longer when the hotels in Puerto Plata were fully booked and it was thus very difficult to provide the passengers with adequate accommodation.