COST OF USD $ 180 MILLION
Medina breaks ground for works to build an amusement theme park in Bavaro
TO BE CONSIDERED THE LARGEST IN THAT CATEGORY IN LATIN AMERICA
President Danilo Medina presided in this city an act that broke ground for the construction of the Amusement Park "Extreme Park Punta Cana", which will be built with an initial investment of 180 million dollars.
It would be considered the largest in Latin America that category.
Facilities will include four main business areas, indoor and outdoor attractions, amphitheater, disco, and many other areas that provide complementary services.
Salvador Ballestero, Extreme Park Group chairman, promised President Medina help bring the country's 10 million tourists a year who promised in his campaign.
The project is scheduled to be inaugurated in 2014 and has an area of over one million square meters and will generate hundreds of direct jobs.
Ballestero said the center will have the highest safety standards for such infrastructure.
"After studying several destinations in the Caribbean, and analyzed the potential of each and after the treatment and support offered by both the Ministries of Tourism, Environment, Civil Aviation, as well as private entities during the survey in the Dominican Republic it is decided that the tourist region of Punta Cana and Bavaro is the perfect location for Extreme Park, "said Salvador Ballestero.
In the activity tourism entrepreneurs and the Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, who praised the importance of the project and said it will complement all foreign investments made in this area and in other parts of the country.
The theme park will have over 30 attractions in the initial stage, including a pool of 26 thousand square meters with simulated waves, a dry ski slope, automated roller coasters, Formula 1 simulators, amphitheater and disco among other attractions.
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Extreme Park is a project that fills a space for all the tourists who visit the country, especially for those who come to Punta Cana, is a park with several attractions as an artificial ski slope, a pool in which we'll host international surfing championships.
The Tourism Minister enthusiastically received the presentation from investors and promised support in all that must be shared for this project to be of great interest not only for foreign tourists but also for local tourists, which will position Punta Cana as the most interesting destination in Latin America and the Caribbean.
"A park of this size, with so many attractions that are not even in the great traditional parks, will convert Punta Cana, undoubtedly to the most interesting destination in Latin America," said Garcia.
For many Dominicans who dreamed of skiing or sliding down a mountain of snow that dream will be fulfilled as the project promises to build an artificial track, allowing Punta Cana to offer sun, sand and snow.
Another attraction would be a pool of 26 thousand square meters, which will simulate up to 46 different types of waves, the pool is designed to host international surfing competitions, according to investors.
Will also have an amphitheater where local and international artists will make the regular rounds, Formula 1 simulators employing the latest in racing simulation technologies, fully automated roller coasters and a nightclub that would compete with any other tourist area or internationally.
