I think you are so excited about it that you ended up in the wrong thread, this one is about Puerto Plata...
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New Cruise Ship Port in Puerto Plata
I think you are so excited about it that you ended up in the wrong thread, this one is about Puerto Plata...
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Looks like someone saw the movie THOR too many times:
It was a follow up to the above and not the OP...
Not excited or even close to it...
I don't think it will do much for PP. If anything, they will tell passengers that the DR is extremely dangerous and to stay within the new development, just like the AIs do. It will create a couple thousand local jobs that will pay minimum and the real money will be in long term leases for commercial space that won't be affordable to Dominicans, with the exception of the elites. I'm sure there will be plenty of ex-pats who will want to check it out and then report back about paying US$20 for a burger and a beer, prob more. On the plus side, the construction jobs should be good.
Give "The Pic Bandito - :bandit: " a break.
With the thousands of photos he "finds" on the Internet, he's bound to get confused once in a while. lol
Huh? Nope, the ones that need to read and see more careful and less excited are you guys!
Go back and see for yourself! Or not! Like it's the usual for a many here! LOL!!
Well it will trickle down people will take day trips to Puerto Plata Sosua and Cabarete amd spend money in gift shops reataurants and bars no where as much as a tourist that actually stays a few days in hotels but it will trickle through the taxi mafia will make money for sure in the send something is better than nothing but a cruise ship tourist is not as good as a tourist that comes for a few days we will see but it will be a boost and the NC needs whatever it can get at the moment!
it will likely be similar to cancun and other places... the cruise lines will have "official / endorsed" vendors and excursions which they "guarantee" and from which they get a hefty percentage. Still... better than nothing.
I understood the original announcement stated that the cruise ship port would be in Maimon Bay, when did it get moved 13 km away?
The site has not been moved. Its still in Maimon Bay. I have contact w Carnival and they would have told me. I have a meeting with them in the beginning of August in Miami, I will report some details about the construction/plans/implementation.
barely better than nothing. the cruise lines will run the whole show, and locals will get a pittance. it is not better than nothing, because no development comes without costs. someone will be stuck paying for the environmental damege, the social disruption, the criminal magnet effect, the reef and coral damage, and so on. it just will not be the cruise lines. should there be an accidental spill of toxic fluids, guess who pays to clean it up? if you said the DR government, you are right.
I had heard rumors of a pedestrian bridge to the colonial zone? If they improved the colonial zone, that would maybe be the best of both worlds. Make the zona, cleaner, well lit, safe and more like say cartagena, and you would drive some revenue to locals.
Once they do that, fix up the malecon. Make it safe to walk at night. Clean it up. Light it up.
Amen to that.
If you follow the logic of the naysayers, why improve anything? If you improve something, something bad might happen. Build a nice park and the thieves might get an idea to come rob the gringos. The big ships might scare the whales off. And a toxic spill? Really? Sure, it could happen but this aint the 50's anymore.
Why don't we all put on animal skins and just go live in caves?
Yep, and god for friggin bid they open a Johnny Rockets or Hooters at the port. That would result in there suddenly not being any place to eat la bandera y mofongo. . . . .
Cruise passengers don't come ashore to eat.....they get 12 meals a day on board. If they do eat, local fare would be more interesting.
In 2008, the oceans witnessed 1 major oil spill and 7 medium-sized oil spills. On an average, since 2001, the oil spill count has come down to 3.4 oil spill incidents per year, but even one major oil spill is hazardous for the marine life.
sh*t happens
You guys mean this one:
They are moving people from the spot, where there's still land being negotiated for the full expansion of the project on later stages. A lot of people have been moved already from their old sites:
These here:
Are being moved to here:
And these were the easy ones to relocate... Others want the Cielo and La Tierra...
But, the state moved in and is taking care of those...
The actual port and facilities work will begin in October and be readied by 2013 and finalized by 2014.
They are moving people from the spot, where there's still land being negotiated for the full expansion of the project on later stages. A lot of people have been moved already from their old sites:
These here:
Are being moved to here:
And these were the easy ones to relocate... Others want the Cielo and La Tierra...
But, the state moved in and is taking care of those...
The actual port and facilities work will begin in October and be readied by 2013 and finalized by 2014.