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Tourism Ministry Prioritizes Land Use and Development in the Southern Region<\/STRONG><\/P> A<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>t the beginning of his second year as head of the Minister of Tourism (SECTOR), Francisco Javier Garcia, announced that his priority is to consolidate all land use plans in the different areas and promote development of the southern region as the fourth tourist destination in the country. <\/P> “The ASONAHORES fair clearly shows the strength of tourism in the Dominican Republic, but also something more, the quality and professionalism of the different companies that offer products and services in the local tourism sector,” he exclaimed. <\/P> Garcia said the plan will also include tree plantings, sidewalks and curbs, and visual works in the tourist areas, and above all, safety reinforcement with security cameras and a greater number of tourist police (Politur), according to the SECTUR\u2019s Office of Press and Communications. The tourism secretary visited the stands at the XXIII ASONAHORES Commerce Exhibit and praised the quality of the projects available in the country\u2019s tourist industry<\/I> The tourism secretary visited the stands at the XXIII ASONAHORES Commerce Exhibit and praised the quality of the projects available in the country\u2019s tourist industry<\/I> <\/P> Tourism Ministry Prioritizes Land Use and Development in the Southern Region At the beginning of his second year as head of the Minister of Tourism (SECTOR), Francisco Javier Garcia, announced that his priority is to consolidate all land use plans in the different areas and promote development of the southern region as the fourth tourist … Continue reading “Tourism Ministry Prioritizes Land Use and Development in the Southern Region”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\u201cThe priority this year is to launch development in the southern region of the Dominican Republic, build the breakwater in Barahona, install cable cars and also work with new projects there, as we Dominicans say, a boca de jarro (pointblank),\u201d Garcia explained.
Garcia emphasized that the actions include development in the area of Pedernales, as well as \u201cconstructing what we call the circuit of Enriquillo Lake, because it is one of the most beautiful areas in the Dominican Republic and it can enhance economic development in both the province of Independencia as well as the province of Bahoruco.\u201d
He immediately added, \u201cduring this second year we are going to consolidate what we call the planes de ordenamiento territorial (land use plans) in the different tourist areas and I say \u2018consolidate\u2019 because one of the things set as a basis in those plans was the complete restoration of all communications systems,\u201d he explained.
Garcia pointed out that in the areas of Bavaro, Punta Cana and Macao, SECTUR has invested more than 500 million pesos in highway repair and maintenance, and now the work is focusing on curbs and sidewalks, tree planting, visual art along roadways, improving safety with security cameras and more Politur personnel in each area that is a tourist destination in the Dominican Republic.
\u201cAny naturally, if anyone is going to discover anything in the Dominican Republic, I think we Dominicans need to discover our own country, we cannot allow the foreigners to come here on and vacation and know more about the country that our own citizens,\u201d he stated.
The tourism minister made these observations after taking a tour through the installations at the XXIII Commerce Exhibition sponsored by the National Hotel and Restaurant Association (ASONAHORES in Spanish). He praised the quality of the products and services exhibited there and said that thanks to these products, the country\u2019s tourism was of such high quality.
\u201cThe ASONAHORES fair clearly shows the strength of tourism in the Dominican Republic, but also something more, the quality and professionalism of the different companies that offer products and services in the local tourism sector,\u201d he exclaimed.
Garcia, speaking about the recognition of his own ministry, said that ASONAHORES shared the recognition as well as all the stakeholders involved in the development of this economic line in the country, after pointing out that the surge \u201chas been the result of joint actions, a common work goal sustained by the different associations, because what counts is accomplishing actions in support of the tourism sector in the Dominican Republic.\u201d
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\nDate of Publication: August 30, 2009<\/EM><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"