Monday, January 28, 2019

Who is the Dominican Republic?

The Dominican Republic is part of the Carribean Island Hispaniola. The capital is Santo Domingo, and its currency is the Dominican Peso. The official language is Spanish. The history of the Dominican Republic starts with Diego Columbus, who a Spanish colony on the land in 1496. The D.R is the second largest island in the Caribbean behind Cuba. The land is rich with resources but the main resource is Sugar. Sugar brings in a good amount of the lands revenue. On the other hand some might say there outgoing resource is their golf courses. Being that it is surrounded by water, D.R has many golf courses around it coast that are "breathtaking". D.R is a great place for tourism and is often a stop for tourist when visiting a Caribbean Island. A popular thing in the Caribbean is Rum and the Dominican is no exception. The have three main different types of rum that are Excellent! Unlike in America per say, the economic culture doesn't surround itself with currency of their "dollar" (Dominican Peso). In there economic culture an exchange for something in equal value is just as useful as pesos. Like America Baseball is a huge sport their, it considered to be their national sport. As well as Coffee is there national drink. The D.R is a very well of nation being that it has the largest economy in the Caribbean and is the tenth largest in Latin America. From Tourism to natural resources, to the people, and food; the D.R is a beautiful island with much to offer and even more to learn about.

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