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A<\/SPAN>s part of the plan to re-launch Puerto Plata, the Tourism Minister announced the approval of a series of investments to be made in this tourism zone. <\/P> Other work announced by Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez included the building of two parking lots in Sos\u00faa and Cabarete in an attempt to alleviate the traffic congestion in this area of the country. <\/P> In meetings with business people, investors, project promoters, unions and labor organizations of the area, Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda said the investment of the Tourism Ministry (SECTUR) would include construction of the hospital in Sos\u00faa, a RD$10 million injection to be used to improve conditions in the nearby dump, planning and organizing commerce along the beach and paving the roads that service tourism, according to SECTUR \u00b4s Press and Communications Department. <\/P> He also announced the launching of an international publicity campaign on Puerto Plata, the building of an amphitheater in Punta Puntilla and the reinstallation of jobs at the underwater park. Journalist Manuel Quiroz was commissioned to be supervisor of this tourism project. <\/P> Other work announced by Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez included the building of two parking lots in Sos\u00faa and Cabarete in an attempt to alleviate the traffic congestion in this area of the country. <\/P> “The decision of the Tourism Ministry to re-launch Puerto Plata is being taken in coordination with the local authorities and social organizations in the province with the idea of improving conditions in this tourism area,\u00a8 said Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez. <\/P> He added, \u201cWe are contributing to the promotion of Puerto Plata with an international publicity campaign in which we will sell this area as a tourism destination as well as individual destinations like Sos\u00faa, considered to have the most beautiful beaches in the country.\u201d <\/P> Speaking of Sos\u00faa, Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez said he will instruct SECTUR\u00b4s Department of Planning and Projects (DPP) to clean up and beautify the beaches of this city. <\/P> In terms of the city dump, he said RD$10.0 million pesos, petitioned by local syndicate leader Vladimir C\u00e9spedes, will be used to help clean up the area\u00b4s dump so that it does not affect tourist or social activities in the area. <\/P> Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez said that on July 3 of this year, Puerta Plata will join the country\u00b4s tourism areas that are officially free of potholes in their roads. Puerto Plata is now part of the National Asphalt Plan recently undertaken by the Tourism Ministry as petitioned by local leaders from Puerto Plata, Sos\u00faa and Cabarete. The will begin to identify roads that need to be repaved. <\/P> He also announced financial assistance to be used for the cost of oil needed for the repair of roads used in eco-tourism in Puerto Plata in response to a petition made by the groups that promote eco-tourism in this area. <\/P> He said he would be reaching agreements with social, business and government organizations in Sos\u00faa to begin construction of the hospital in this city, adding that tourism in the area should also serve the social development of the inhabitants. <\/P> He promised that the Underwater Park of Sos\u00faa will also begin to function once again, for which the Minister has assigned journalist Manuel Quiroz, director of El Carbe and an expert in this area, to head the commission supervising the project. <\/P> In a meeting with the Vendors and Artisans Association of Sos\u00faa Beach, he asked for volunteers to form a commission to work with SECTUR technicians in the planning of commerce on the beach which can then be turned into an attractive model for tourism in other places in the country. <\/P> During his trip in the area and meetings held in Puerto Plata, Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez was accompanied by the deputy tourism minister of the Northern Region Cesar Jos\u00e9 de los Santos; his personal assistant, Jos\u00e9 Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez; local leader from Puerto Plata, Walter Musa, local business people and tourism project developers from the region. <\/P> C\u00e9sar Jos\u00e9 de los Santos, deputy tourism minister of the Northern Region; Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, Minister of Tourism and Adalberto Pichardo, of the Vendors and Artisans Association of Sos\u00faa Beach <\/P> Radham\u00e9s Guzm\u00e1n, in charge of Tourism in Sos\u00faa; C\u00e9sar Jos\u00e9 de los Santos, deputy minister of the Northern Region; Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda, Minister of Tourism and Vladimir C\u00e9spedes, local syndicate leader of the city of Sos\u00faa. <\/P> <\/P><\/TD><\/TR> Tourism Ministry Announces More Investment in Puerto Plata As part of the plan to re-launch Puerto Plata, the Tourism Minister announced the approval of a series of investments to be made in this tourism zone. 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