Senator-elect Ginnette Bournigal de Jiménez invited President Leonel Fernández to visit the province. She said she would declare Puerto Plata in a state of emergency, urgently requiring government investment in infrastructure and attention to the historical heritage and appearance of the city. She called the attention of the government to the fact that Puerto Plata with its near 15,000 hotel rooms generates a large share of the foreign exchange that enters into the country. She proposed to be the liaison between the community of Puerto Plata and hotel industry.
