President Danilo Medina issued Decree 47-19 ordering government institutions to draft a new tourism security plan and present this in the next three months. The Presidency instructed the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Interior and Police, National Police, Armada, Specialized Corps for Touristic Security (CESTUR), the 911 Emergency System, the Center for Emergency Operations, the National Transport and Transit Institute (Intrant) and the Customs Agency to work under the coordination of the Ministry of Tourism in the development of the strategic touristic security plan.
Some believe that the Medina administration in its six years in government has not been able to effectively tackle escalating crime and tragic traffic accidents in the country. Now the President gives his cabinet three months to come up with a new strategy and a tourism security plan to strengthen the safety of tourism destinations.
29 January 2019
