The Panamanian ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Pablo Pérez Campos, informed that both nations are working on tools to make visas more flexible in order to increase interest and reciprocity in tourism.
He indicated that his country currently has a regular visa process and recently launched the shopping tourism visa that encourages trade between Dominicans and citizens of other nations.
“Currently we have a normal visa that the application and delivery process takes about a month and sometimes even more; now we have a new shopping tourism visa where the person basically only has to prove that he/she has more than US$1,500 (in the bank or in Panamanian pesos) and makes the application, and in a week it is approved,” he explained.
He explained that this is why the authorities have felt that the facility, in addition to shopping tourism, can be made for people who apply for visas only for tourism.