As Haiti Crumbles, Its Neighbor Is Thriving With a Tourism Boom
- Dominican Republic is seeing some of region’s strongest growth
- President Luis Abinader heads toward reelection in Sunday vote
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The Dominican Republic is having a moment. Ten million tourists a year are flocking to its beaches, helping drive one of the region’s best performing economies. Poverty is near a record low, and investment at an all-time high. Even Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel wants to build a movie studio there.
Its success stands in stark contrast to the country on the other side of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Haiti, where spiraling crime and violence are ruining the nation.