http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/to...e-Dominican-Republics-tourism-is-among-safest
Santo Domingo.- Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia on Thursday said Dominican Republic?s tourism is among the safest with a very low rate of assaults against locals and foreigners alike.
He said the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) acknowledged the security surrounding tourist resorts and lauded the Tourism Police?s automation and efficiency. "We?re one of the countries with the fewest attacks against tourists, if we look at statistics and figures at the regional and global level."
He said at this time the Tourism Ministry works to strengthen the security with high-tech devices, surveillance cameras to provide security for tourism venues and resort towns.
Garcia said the plan also covers Santo Domingo?s Colonial Zone, which "will soon be one of the world?s safest areas.?
As to Las Terrenas, Saman? province (northeast), the official said in many ways the community has become a model for other destinations. "Las Terrenas is a place which the Tourism Ministry intervened since we arrived five years ago. Before it had many holes, not today the streets are done, it has sidewalks and gutters, there a series of boardwalks which are being adopted as a model, Pescador and Ballenas for example and Playa Bonita, which are models we developed."
Garcia, quoted by diariolibre.com, added that the Atlantic Tourism Boulevard at Saman? has had a positive impact because it makes it easier for local and foreign tourists to visit Las Terrenas. "The Boulevard has created an important development in that part of Samana."
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I wonder what these guys are smoken or snorting?
Santo Domingo.- Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia on Thursday said Dominican Republic?s tourism is among the safest with a very low rate of assaults against locals and foreigners alike.
He said the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) acknowledged the security surrounding tourist resorts and lauded the Tourism Police?s automation and efficiency. "We?re one of the countries with the fewest attacks against tourists, if we look at statistics and figures at the regional and global level."
He said at this time the Tourism Ministry works to strengthen the security with high-tech devices, surveillance cameras to provide security for tourism venues and resort towns.
Garcia said the plan also covers Santo Domingo?s Colonial Zone, which "will soon be one of the world?s safest areas.?
As to Las Terrenas, Saman? province (northeast), the official said in many ways the community has become a model for other destinations. "Las Terrenas is a place which the Tourism Ministry intervened since we arrived five years ago. Before it had many holes, not today the streets are done, it has sidewalks and gutters, there a series of boardwalks which are being adopted as a model, Pescador and Ballenas for example and Playa Bonita, which are models we developed."
Garcia, quoted by diariolibre.com, added that the Atlantic Tourism Boulevard at Saman? has had a positive impact because it makes it easier for local and foreign tourists to visit Las Terrenas. "The Boulevard has created an important development in that part of Samana."
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I wonder what these guys are smoken or snorting?