{"id":6738,"date":"2013-12-03T22:46:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T18:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=6738"},"modified":"2013-12-03T22:46:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T18:46:29","slug":"noti5248","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti5248\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism Cluster and Fom\u00edn Make Road Signs for New Tourist Destination Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><br \/>\n<TABLE class=texto width=\"90%\" border=0><br \/>\n<TBODY><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD style=\"HEIGHT: 963px\" vAlign=top width=70><IMG class=thinborderfloat1 border=0 alt=\"Tourism Cluster and Fom\u00edn Make Road Signs for New Tourist Destination Areas\" src=\"\/portal\/noticias\/seniales_65.jpg\" width=65><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD style=\"HEIGHT: 963px\" vAlign=top width=7><BR><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD class=texto style=\"HEIGHT: 963px\" vAlign=top align=left><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Tourism Cluster and Fom\u00edn Make Road Signs for New Tourist Destination Areas<\/STRONG><BR>Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic 12\/02\/2013<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 35px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: chocolate; LETTER-SPACING: -6px; LINE-HEIGHT: 80%\">W<\/SPAN>ith the objective of boosting interest in tourist attractions in the western part of Puerto Plata, the FOMIN-BID \u201cTourism management based on cultural resources\u201d project, put forth by the province\u2019s Tourism Cluster, initiated the process of installing signs and billboards on main roads and pathways that connect communities of the area.<\/P><br \/>\n<P class=quote style=\"BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; WIDTH: 30%; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 1px solid; FLOAT: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 8px; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN: 20px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: whitesmoke\">The signs have been placed so as to easily direct anyone to places of interest such as: La Isabela Hist\u00f3rica, Estero Hondo Park and the Manatees, Los Hidalgos: Columbus\u2019s Route as well as, Altamira Eco-trail, Cacao &amp; Merengue 100% (Guananico) and in Imbert: Artisanship and Nature. These destinations are part of the 17 touristic proposals that FOMIN is working on with the help of the province\u2019s Tourism Cluster.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>The initiative consists of placing informative signs on pathways in order to direct visitors towards other places that offer unique experiences. This initiative is included in the plans established by the project, aimed at broadening the experiences Puerto Plata has to offer.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>The signs have been placed so as to easily direct anyone to places of interest such as: La Isabela Hist\u00f3rica, Estero Hondo Park and the Manatees, Los Hidalgos: Columbus\u2019s Route as well as, Altamira Eco-trail, Cacao &amp; Merengue 100% (Guananico) and in Imbert: Artisanship and Nature. These destinations are part of the 17 touristic proposals that FOMIN is working on with the help of the province\u2019s Tourism Cluster.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>The projects coordinator, Karina Abbott, stated that this project seeks to make these destinations more accessible by road for tourists, destinations that previously lacked any form of signage.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>She explained how the placement of road signs for the most representative spots in the area is one of the most important aspects in the economic underpinnings of these destinations, seeing as they make touring the area easier for visitors.<BR><\/P><br \/>\n<P><IMG class=thinborderfloat1 border=0 alt=\"Tourism Cluster and Fom\u00edn Make Road Signs for New Tourist Destination Areas\" src=\"\/portal\/noticias\/seniales_500.jpg\" width=500><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism Cluster and Fom\u00edn Make Road Signs for New Tourist Destination AreasPuerto Plata, Dominican Republic 12\/02\/2013 With the objective of boosting interest in tourist attractions in the western part of Puerto Plata, the FOMIN-BID \u201cTourism management based on cultural resources\u201d project, put forth by the province\u2019s Tourism Cluster, initiated the process of installing signs and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti5248\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tourism Cluster and Fom\u00edn Make Road Signs for New Tourist Destination Areas&#8221;<\/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-6738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738"}],"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=6738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}