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From the news on May 3, 05.
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From the news on May 3, 05.
There are numerous other options for your stay, please choose wisely.Protest for illegal road closing
Ricardo Ripoll, spokesman for Cabarete community groups, announced the start of legal proceedings against Hotel Hideaway Beach that is located halfway between Sosua and Cabarete for the closing of a public access road to Playa El Encuentro, the country's most popular surfer beach. Ripoll said they have contracted lawyers Floiran Tavares and Maria Terrot to handle the case. The case has the support of the Mayor of Cabarete Gabriel Antonio Mora, the Puerto Plata Surfing Association, and the Association for the Development of Cabarete (ADECA). Ripoll says that the illegal closing of the beach has caused financial losses to the community.
The general manager of the Hideaway hotel had no comments for Diario Libre.
Deputy Minister of Tourism for Puerto Plata Cesar de Jesus de los Santos told the newspaper that the Ministry of Tourism would carry out a territorial ordering plan to guarantee access to the beach to all.
The Camino Viejo was illegally closed off with the change of government in August of last year with tree trunks, rocks and other objects, and guards and military personnel were assigned to prohibit unauthorized persons from entering. Later, the hotel has erected more permanent structures to block the road.
Ricardo Ripoll told Diario Libre that Hideaway's executives had taken control of the highway by using their influence with the new government.
The newspaper interviewed Judith Cromwell, general manager of Hotel Coconut Palms Resort, who said that the closing off of the road has affected the flow of visitors. "What hotel will receive visitors if it does not have access to the beach?" she told Diario Libre. Daniel Bonomy of Vista del Caribe, also opposed to the highway's closure, complained that there is a plan to gradually close the access so as to take control of the beach.