Is being poorly quoted worse than being misquoted?
We gave an interview with a very well-respected journalist who was kind enough to visit us. The title of the interview itself is misleading, as no one ever talked about mediation being vital to arbitration, and I feel the part about tourism was oversimplified to the point of missing the point.
What I had said was that:
1) The all-inclusive tourism model prevalent in the DR is so vertically integrated as to preclude much of secondary and tertiary industry participation vital to growing the economy
2) We need to move away from the commoditization of the tourism product and compete based on value added, rather that price
3) The Dominican Republic has reaped huge gains from the present model, but that there is a lot of room for the addition of other models of tourism
4) We need to pay attention to the quality of the entire tourism experience, as opposed to simply quality resorts, which means taking a serious look at the surroundings
Nevertheless, I admit to being flattered at being interviewed as an expert. Next time I will know to bring press points to better harmonize what I want to convey with what is actually conveyed.
Here‘s the link to the article
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