A few thousand. How many go to resorts? The masses are going to resorts. What were there, 8.5 million tourists last year...what percentage stay off resort from that number? Maybe I am wrong?
I think this is starting to change, especially (for better or worse) with all of the local YouTube vloggers promoting other parts of the country worth visiting.
I work with hundreds of people. Many of these people take vacations every year. Many, many vacation in the DR. I have yet to talk to any of them that think it is safe enough to leave the resort other than on a tour. I am only passing on what I see and hear.
North coast tons of snowbirds and part timers …it’s all where your talking about example ,Punta Cana Belly up to the trough and flip me on the beach while I Drink crowd ..Sosua for example in government vision was retirement living and snowbirds not AI .
I agree that none of us has certain information, except for one poster who seems to think he has. Your idea sounds quite likely and I guess the condos will end up in the hands of the rich of Santiago.
The Big money discussions started in earnest only after Abinader took office. The previous ladrone PLD government had little interest in the north coast, but some conversations were started even during their miserable administration. The previous administration tried mostly in vain to minimize the harmful effects of whoremongers, and that is about it.
I fully understood your point. I just said it will never happen with respect to Sosua Beach. Such an idea is a fantasy for Sosua Beach.
probably the most accurate portion of your post.
Please describe the inaccuracies you see in that post.
we clearly see most things differently., which is fine. You say you see big changes in Sosua, every time I go, I see the same town with the same people. You make it sound as if sky cranes are building the skyline as if it were Santo Domingo. Cabarete? Every single time I go the traffic is backed up do to a single coca cola truck making a delivery shutting down the entire town. The entire "beach" conversation has been going on for a decade. I have worn out 3 vehicles and 24 pairs of running shoes in that period of time.
It does not take "big money" to make money or changes.
You are 100% correct. It doesn't take big money to make changes. Not sure how this relates to my previous comment? What I said has to do with all of the broken promises the PLD made in the past to the folks who live in those communities on the north coast.
Dream City seems to be more dream than city.
Understood.
Not everything I write in response to a post is aimed at the poster that wrote it.
No I don't say I see big changes "in Sosua". I say I am seeing changes on the north coast. The north coast is not one street in Sosua.
I don't live on the North Coast, never have never will. I enjoy visiting the area you describe as a massive megalopolis.
And I would agree with the exception that someone I personally know and who is very reliable has spoken to people working on that revived project post Covid restrictions and posted about that very issue here on DR1. This was already previously mentioned. Anything else?
