Members of the Association of Tourist Taxis of Costa Dorada blocked traffic at the Luperon highway at Km. 4 (this is the main highway along the North Coast) yesterday. The taxi union was protesting their exclusion from servicing the Costa Dorada tourist area, where the Spanish chain, Iberostar has just opened a resort. The Ministry of Tourism had authorized another taxi union, the Federación de Taxistas Turísticos de la Costa Norte to operate there. The protesters parked their cars in the middle of the highway that leads to the Puerto Plata International Airprot. Shortly after, the Police removed the cars and arrested the owners of these, but traffic along the North Coast was interrupted for about an hour.
