Warn of serious damage to tourism in Cabarete with arbitrary closure of public access to El Encuentro beach
Last Update: Monday, July 30, 2018 . By: ANTONIO HEREDIA
"Playa El Encuentro is the economic soul of Cabarete and its access must be free for those who visit it," said Paliza.
PUERTO PLATA.- Several personalities have warned that the illegal closure of the old road that went from Sosúa to Sabaneta de Yásica, a public road that gives access to the famous El Encuentro beach in Cabarete, will cause serious damage to tourist activity and negatively impact the economy of that municipal district located in the eastern part of the province of Puerto Plata.
It was reported that last Thursday, July 26, representatives of investment companies Calpe and Mesa Investments, owners of plot 1-13 that is adjacent to the famous beach El Encuentro, at 7:00 at night using a mechanical shovel they closed the entrance to said beach in the aforementioned puertoplateña tourist community, even though in all the cadastral plans it is public domain.
"That track exists since the 1800s because it was made by the founder of Cabarete, Zephaniah Kingsley. Undoubtedly, this road is public domain since it is located in the 60 meters of the maritime strip and the Constitution of the Republic establishes that public property is imprescriptible, inalienable and unattachable, "said environmentalist Michel Gay-Crosier.
The president of the Association for the Protection of Environment and Tourism in Sosúa and Cabarete (ASOPROCASO), said that Cabarete is accustomed to these situations because the authorities never act and allowed to close several public accesses and abandoned the 60 meters public beach. please unscrupulous investors.
Gay-Crosier noted that the district board of Cabarete has all the rights to open that road with or without public force, but the owners of the aforementioned plot, making fun of the community of Cabarete decided to close that public access, violating the principles of the Constitution.
Also the senator of the Republic for the province of Puerto Plata; José Ignacio Paliza, spoke on this situation, claiming to have unpublished images of events that occurred at El Encuentro beach in Cabarete and warned that if these incidents continue to happen, the tourist is put at risk and everything is put at risk.
"El Encuentro Beach is the economic soul of Cabarete and its access must be free for those who visit it, since during 265 days of the year, that beach provides waves of world fame, being the center of aquatic extreme sports, for which his access, Cabarete will receive a strong impact ... Enough! ", underlined Paliza.
The young congressman meant that coincidentally, he met a couple of tourists at the Miami airport who left disappointed because during their visit to Cabarete they could not enjoy El Encuentro beach, for which he called the competent authorities to regulate the use of the aforementioned beach, organize it within the framework of the law, conciliating the public-private interest since the 60 meters of high tide are for public use and only the Law should be applied.