President Leonel Fernandez traveled to Samana to be present at the start of construction of the Samana Tourism Project. The project consists of areas for several hotels with a total of 1,500 rooms, a 200-meter pier with capacity for 600 yachts, new area for cruise ship docking, and an artificial lake with a 1,600 meter perimeter and 2.5 meter depth. Juan Bancalari is the spokesperson for the Bancalari Delgado group that is promoting the project. The development is going up 16 kilometers from the Arroyo Barril airport in the city of Samaná facing Cayo Vigía. President traveled with the Chief of the Navy Victor Garcia Alecont, Chief of the Armed Forces Manuel de Jesus Florentino and Minister of Public Works Diandino Peña The project calls for an investment of more than RD$4,000 million. Most of the investment is from Spanish and Arabian sources. Minister of Public Works Diandino Peña said that the government sees this as a landmark project and will be supporting the investment with the construction of infrastructure works in the area.
