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Security issues led the Dominican Republic to have a lower acceptance by tourists, according to a report by the World Economic Forum on Tourism 2008-2009. According to El Caribe, the report is called Competitiveness in Travel and Tourism 2009, and the DR is ranked at number 67 of the 133 countries evaluated on 14 points and where safety is considered to be the most important factor. The drop in perception was four places down on the 2007 report. On the question of protection for foreigners, the country dropped to position 101. In 2008 at least 91 foreigners were victims of different types of assaults, including 18 deaths, according to data from the National Police Criminal Investigations Department.
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When it came to ground transport, another aspect that was evaluated, in the year 2008, 27 tourists lost their lives, most on the highway between Veron and Higuey in La Altagracia province. [...]

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