Its called expendable income. They come on every air carrier from every city. They are patrons in every bar and restaurant in Sosua proper. As distasteful as the concept of "pay for play" is for you, its not leaving anytime soon from Sosua.
The future of Sosua
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There was a time a few years back when there were enough tourists to support the town...not now. I would hazard to guess...never again.
What I see is about a 50/50 mix with the Jetblue crew,I spent a lot of time hanging at the old Midtown restaurant and bar and the crews that rolled into the Las Palmeras hotel were the cheapest guys you can imagine,the stories are endless. Guys would go to a pico pollo place and then come over to Midtown asking to have their food reheated,borrowing utensils etc,cups of ice you name it. Then there is a friend of mine that owns a really tricked out villa set up just for the other half of the crew and he is booked solid even during low season,these guys roll in and hire private chefs and party like no tomorrow throwing money around like drunken sailors.
I am not your Bro,and please do tell,of this town that i have never heard of?
The virus will take care of the party animals at Ahnvee in due course. It's called risky behavior for a reason.
So, the town is gone now because of this? All 50 to 60 thousand people just disappeared?
Only a small percentage of people who have it die from CV19. I am afraid that will not work out as a "solution" in removing said party animals.
It never ceases to amaze me how all of the other small towns in the DR are able to survive without the tourism.
Not gone, just suffering and closing. The town will just have to rely on other aspects of the economy now that tourism is depressed so badly. All I was saying is that a few years back, the town was booming as far a tourism goes, the government has made a concerted effort to rid the town of tourism. Sosua will survive but it will be different. I have family members that were always gainfully employed, not so much anymore.
It is amazing, is it not? How do they survive without such Saviours as Sosua has?It never ceases to amaze me how all of the other small towns in the DR are able to survive without the tourism.
Not true. There was a concerted effort, well maybe concerted is an exaggeration, but at least some effort was made to remove the stigma of sex tourism. Not tourism. Huge difference that some here don't seem they will ever understand.
Any place relying on tourism is going to suffer for a while until whatever governments are doing regarding CV19 eventually stops. Could be a while.
The government has not made a concerted effort to rid the town of tourism.
It has made a concerted effort to rid the town of whore mongers, for the quality of life of all within the municipality.
If the family members were gainfully employed in touristic endeavours, they will prove to be fine in time. If they were employed in other avenues, I do not know.
In their vigor to rid the town of such tourists, they have killed so called normal tourism at the same time. Sosua is a ghost of itself as far as visitors go.
In time is no good when you need to put food on your table today.
AmenIt never ceases to amaze me how all of the other small towns in the DR are able to survive without the tourism.
I do not believe anybody could have predicted these ridiculous Covid solution remedies provided within the last six months. For this, you are correct.
As well, relying on sex tourism to sustain your living is not sound long term financial advice. Short term, possibly? Long term no.
It's been a problem from before Covid...Covid made it worse. Working in restaurants and cleaning hotel rooms in relying on Sex tourism?
For them it has become clear, it is time to move away from tourism and find work elsewhere.
It's been tough for them, first moved out of El Tablon and now no work.
If working in restaurants and cleaning hotel rooms geared toward sex tourists, then yes.
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