From today's Sosua News:
[h=5]The spokesman of the beach shops owners, Mr. Andr?s Batista, announced that the resistance increases to the proposed relocation of their businesses. The city council wants to close all trinkets shops and bars on the beach within ten months. The current owners are then entitled to a new home in one of the two shopping centers to be built at the entrance to the beach. The current entrepreneurs fear that the rent of the new shops will be so expensive that they can not afford it. The high season with enough customers only lasts three months (January, February and March) and the rest of the year it is difficult to survive. They are also afraid that many shops on the best locations are rented to the hotels.[/h] [h=5]Playa Sos?a[/h]
[h=5]Playa Sos?a[/h] [h=5]They also want a compensation for the move and installation costs. The owners of bars and restaurants, but also boats and beach chair rental, hairdressers, pedicures and the small supermarkets on the beach do not know what their future is. Should they move along or can they stay on the beach? An empty beach two kilometers long does not seem to be so attractive to the tourist. These owners fear for their future and think that apartments and hotels will be built on the beach and that there is no place for them.
The mayor promised all entrepreneurs that their complaints will be taken seriously and strives to be in close consultation with them to find solutions.[/h]
[h=5]The spokesman of the beach shops owners, Mr. Andr?s Batista, announced that the resistance increases to the proposed relocation of their businesses. The city council wants to close all trinkets shops and bars on the beach within ten months. The current owners are then entitled to a new home in one of the two shopping centers to be built at the entrance to the beach. The current entrepreneurs fear that the rent of the new shops will be so expensive that they can not afford it. The high season with enough customers only lasts three months (January, February and March) and the rest of the year it is difficult to survive. They are also afraid that many shops on the best locations are rented to the hotels.[/h] [h=5]Playa Sos?a[/h]
[h=5]Playa Sos?a[/h] [h=5]They also want a compensation for the move and installation costs. The owners of bars and restaurants, but also boats and beach chair rental, hairdressers, pedicures and the small supermarkets on the beach do not know what their future is. Should they move along or can they stay on the beach? An empty beach two kilometers long does not seem to be so attractive to the tourist. These owners fear for their future and think that apartments and hotels will be built on the beach and that there is no place for them.
The mayor promised all entrepreneurs that their complaints will be taken seriously and strives to be in close consultation with them to find solutions.[/h]