According to Julio Almonte Nina, Deputy Minister for Tourism for the North Coast, the thousands of tourists who have arrived on the last 93 cruise ships at the Amber Cove terminal in Maimon in the province of Puerto Plata, have generated income of around US$10 million that has injected great dynamism in the productive and economic sectors of the province. In pesos that equates to around RD$493,172,145.
Almonte Nina says that the 278,973 cruise ship passengers who arrived, rented 13,000 vehicles, of which 8,755 took taxis, 2,905 buses, 1,076 safari tours and 266 rented a car.
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Diario Libre
30 August 2017
