President Luis Abinader is promoting the ongoing efforts to refurbish about 25 of the nation’s beaches with a focus on reorganizing beach vendors. An estimated RD$3.0 billion is the cost of the National Plan for the Reordering, Regeneration, Training and Financing for the Associations of Informal Beach Vendors.
Tourism Minister David Collado says the program is already being implemented in Macao, Miches in the East; Guayacanaes I and II in San Pedro de Macorís in the Southeast; Los Patos, Los Quemaitos, Saladillas in Barahona in the Southwest; Palenque in San Cristóbal in the South; and in Sosua, in Puerto Plata on the North. Collado said that around 3,000 vendors are already benefiting from the nationwide program.
According to Tourism Minister Collado, the plan is providing training and financing for tourist guides, vendor associations and refurbishing the beaches themselves. Rafael Santos, director of the Professional Technical Vocational Institute (Infotep) and Porfirio Peralta of Promipyme, the pro small business entity, presented their programs to contribute to train the informal vendors, and provide low-interest lending.
The meeting where this initiative was announced took place at the San Lazaro Sports Club in the National District.
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Presidency
9 August 2022