kind of ironic... those who want Sosua to stay how it is are going to do the most to change it by staying away. they'd be better off organizing trips and filling up the planes to the north coast... trust me there'd be a handful of girls in town for each of them upon arrival.
instead they're individually and by group think deciding to stay away. that's what will change the town the quickest. if there's any 'golden goose' killing to go on, they'll be doing it
no doubt the mayor would be cheering you on with your talk... perhaps she's posting here under a pseudonym. good job and brilliant thinking, guys :tired:
CFA123 you hit the nail on the head.
Everybody is heading to other places and writing off Sosua after only a few days of the implementing of the mayor's or whoever's new plan?? Come on, now all of a sudden Boca Chica is revitalized and is going to rise out of the ashes to replace Sosua's lost tourism. Bavaro is going to be born as the new Sosua? I don't think so.
My post about "killing the goose that laid the golden eggs" was referring to what would happen if the mayor's or whoever's plan was to actually implement what was alluded to by DonDR in his or her post #72 and post #117. I gave my opinion of the results of such actions in my post #137.
Prostitution and Sosua as a tourist destination go hand in hand. Prostitution and the Dominican Republic as a tourist destination go hand in hand. It's just a fact. Good, bad or indifferent, that's just the way it is. But it is not prostitution, per se, that is Sosua's biggest problem. Sosua's most prosperous times were when Sosua was filled with prostitutes. Let me repeat that again, Sosua's most prosperous times were when Sosua was filled with prostitutes. Many, many times the amount of prostitutes that are currently plying their trade here in Sosua now. However, the atmosphere was entirely different.
Pedro Clisante was filled with bars and restaurants and discos. Starting from right on Sosua beach all the way to where the abandoned High Caribe Disco is. There was Marco Polo, Casablanca, Merengue Club, Baroque, Pyramida, Mosquito, Marinero, Moby Dick and many others just on Pedro Clisante alone. There was also Eddy's Bar, Copacabana and Casa del Sol (later known as Oxy-2) which were off of Pedro Clisante and many others. All these discos and clubs were filled with both prostitutes plying there trade, tourists and just regular local people, but in a much different atmosphere. Copacabana used to be open on Sunday afternoon for the locals who were not old enough to enter the other clubs that were open only at night, it was attended only by the locals of Sosua at that time.
There were also many times the number of hotel rooms available then, and there were times it was difficult to get a room without a reservation. The hotels were all over Sosua. The Nuevo Sol, Hotel Almendras, Coralillo, Waterfront, Yaroa, Garden Keti, Paradise, Costa Real, Esplanada, One Ocean Place, Casa Marina, Sosua by the Sea, Hotel Larimar, Woody's, Tamarindo, Sunshine Club, Sand Castle, etc., etc. All with decent occupancy percentages. All doing well back then.
Also the restaurants were always filled, I remember waiting for a table at the Morua Mai restaurant for over an hour, and at that time they were using both the main restaurant and the upper level. La Roca, PJ's, Waterfront and many others always doing a good business.
And all of this took place in the presence of many, many more prostitutes than are here in Sosua now. But this is definitely not the case now. Things have gotten way out of hand. Back then many of the clubs and bars were open 24 hours and there were very few problems.
Unfortunately Sosua has deterioirated from what it once was and there are many reasons. There has been a huge change in the tourism coming into Sosua, especially over the last 10-12 years. Unfortunately the internet is probably one of the main reasons for this. Sosua's fame or infamy for sex-tourism spread over the internet faster than free Presidente's at an all inclusive on a Sunday afternoon in Playa Dorada. This started a trend that, in my opinion, was the beginning of the downturn of Sosua. Sure there were many prostitutes but before the internet, sex-tourism was more of a by-product of tourism in Sosua, now it is practically the only product.
The proliferation of the local drug trade also has a lot to do with it. Crime as a whole really isn't that much of a problem but it is way more prevelant now then back then. Walking down Pedro Clisante back then was a completely different experience, one thousand times better than now. Back then you could walk along PC without having filthy crack-addict prostitutes grabbing at you as you entered a club to have a beer. You were never approached by anyone offering drugs, never. You never saw a wild, drunken prostitute threatening someone with a broken bottle. Sure things happened, it's the nature of the beast, but back then there was a climate of control that made a huge difference.
So here we are today with the mayor's or whoever's new initiative to "clean up" Sosua. Well hopefully this will all play out for the better, there are people in the mayor's office who know very well what Sosua was like back then. So maybe, and I"m being optimistic here, just maybe the intent is to get rid of some of the blatant filth that has ultimately infiltrated the streets of Sosua. If done correctly it would be a welcomed change. As long as they don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Let's face it Sosua is what it is. And hopefully Sosua can be what it once was. No not Disneyland or Six Flags, but the carribean town on the ocean in the Dominican Republic where things might be a little rough around the edges, but the beaches are beautiful, the weather is great, the women are beautiful and it all can be enjoyed by everyone for what it really is, nothing more, nothing less.
