The president of the Samana Tourism Cluster, Jesus Duran Haro spoke of what’s on the books for the northeastern tourism destination in an interview with El Dia. The cluster gathers the communities of Samaná city, the smaller town of Sánchez and the beach town, Las Terrenas, the municipal districts of El Limón, where the El Limón waterfall attraction is located, the beach destination of Las Galeras and the small community of Arroyo Barril, that is adjacent to a domestic airport.
Durán is also the representative of Grupo Piñero, the Spanish company that owns the Bahía Príncipe hotel chain, the largest hotel operator in Samaná province.
Durán spoke of the approval of the construction of road access to Samaná city, an investment of RD$300 million in infrastructure for the expropriation of dwellings and land that is necessary to complete the project. He also mentioned the Ministry of Tourism has approved the construction of an amphitheater but city mayors still need to agree on the location. He advanced that the municipality of El Limón has made an offer. Limón is centrally located about the same distance from Las Terrenas, Samana, and closer to Las Galeras and Arroyo Barril.
The Cluster continues to focus on promoting the whale-watching activities (from January to March), excursions to Los Haitises mangroves, caves and jungle, El Limón waterfall and horse riding all year long. Boating is being developed with new installations, such as Puerto Bahía Samaná on the southern side of the province.
Durán Hero explained the destination has 6,500 hotel rooms. He says another 5,000 rooms are under construction.
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30 April 2019