Dominican Republic Launches Free Tourist Information Hotline

República Dominicana con línea gratuita de información turística

The Dominican Ministry of Tourism (MITUR) y la Presidential Bureau of Technologies, Information and Communication (OPTIC) of the Dominican Republic launched *462, a new telephone hotline from the Citizen Service Center.

Through this hotline, MITUR will offer users free information about tourist activity and the tourism industry.

“This is a way for the State to try to facilitate everything related with the procedures, times, transparency and obviously all the work that Armando García has been doing, through OPTIC, which has been extraordinary,” said Francisco Javier García, Minister of Tourism .

Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier García, and Director of OPTIC, Armando García. (Source: External.)
Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier García, and Director of OPTIC, Armando García. (Source: External.)

Using five categories, the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic will provide citizens with information promoting tourist attractions both local and international, as well as hotel licenses, gift shops, restaurants, tourist transportation, travel agencies, and more.