The Dominican Republic important destination for visitors from Switzerland

The secretary of Tourism, Felix Jimenez, reported that Dominican Republic has become an important destination for Swiss visitors.

At a press conference conducted in Zurich, Switzerland, the official stressed that a sample of that attraction is the fact that tourism from that nation grew 7.2% in the first five months of this year and 25% in May and visited the Jimenez other nations during a tour of Europe in pursuit of strengthening bilateral ties and make known the initiatives of the Dominican Government through the Committee on Infrastructure Development Bank Holiday Resorts (Ceiztur).

He referred to the project of the Hot Springs salamander in Canoeing, Barahona, which involves an investment of about 25000 million pesos, whose completion is expected by 2012. The complex will have about 1000 rooms, convention center, tennis courts suitable for international competitions and hot springs for body treatments, the official elaborated.

He pointed out projects which will boost the hotels such as Westin Roko Ki, which will open at year's end, the Sanctuary Cap Cana, Ritz Carlton and the Four Seasons in La Romana. He recalled that the Government, through the Sectur, has earmarked U.S. $ 450 million to improving tourism infrastructure and another $ 650 will be invested in the next biennium.

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Touristic Proyect in Luperon creates 4 thousand jobs, invested 1.2 billion U.S. dollars

The company Terriomax Holdings will invest 1.2 trillion dollars in developing the resort Punta Alma projecting lift on the left bank of the Bay of Luperon, which generate more than four thousand direct jobs.

The information provided the project manager, the employer Lenin Fernandez, who said that the project will create the stable and strong economy in this county, in which Christopher Columbus founded in late 1493 La Isabela, First Villa erected in America. Fernandez revealed that the resort will be built in an area of nine million square meters will be lifted and where hotels and villas, with more than two thousand rooms and a golf course of international quality with 18 holes, 9 of which are front the sea.

He revealed that the land was purchased from the successors of the landowner and the landowner Bros. Omar Felix Vasquez in the amount of U.S. $ 80,000,000.00, already got the license and environmental tourism alone is expected to grant construction permits and granted exemptions that 158 law gives this type of project.

The executive of the project, announced that the tourist enclave will have a marina with a capacity of 200 luxury super yachts up to 250 metres, which will be built the left bank of the Bay of Luperon, regarded as the third surest throughout the Caribbean. Fernandez said that Lenin Punta Alma will also have a stadium for practice polo, an equestrian center, several beach clubs and a spa destination.

He said that a hospital will be built which will have the services of specialists Dominicans and Americans, an electric generator, plant wastewater treatment and more than fifty different types of businesses to provide services to tourists staying there. Similarly, it will have cable service, telephone, Internet and other services, to ensure total comfort to the guests, which will have a 10 times higher purchasing power of possessing tourists who stay in hotels all included in the north and other touristic places in the country.

Fernandez revealed that each village will occupy a site with a minimum of 4 thousand square meters and preserve the environment for visitors to enjoy the nature of space will be built soon this resort that will have the highest standard of quality of Dominican Republic. He noted the quality of Punta Alma will be so high, which may compete with the best tourist projects in Mexico, Costa Esmeralda, Europe, Australia, the Maldivian islands and other areas of the world, with a beautiful nature.

The executive director of Punta Alma conditioned the construction of this project to the Environment, Tourism and other agencies of State granted permission to the company Isabela Cement and Aggregates to build cement in the northeast where it lifted the resort valued at 1.2 trillion dollars. "I do not oppose the construction of the cement in another place, where not affect our project and other investors that Dominicans and foreigners executed in Luperon, La Isabela, La Ensenada and Punta Rucia, but promoters of the Cement want face to face at sea and that can not afford, "alerted.

Recommended that this company is built in a remote location several miles from the sea, where it is not and that in the event of a spill of fuel by the collapse of one of the boats that transported the cement and aggregates does not affect the environment.