The Ministry of Tourism told the Listin Diario that during 1997 some 13 hotel projects with 5,560 rooms at a cost of more than US$254 million were approved in 1997. Minister Félix Jiménez said that 2,300 new rooms entered into operation last year, or a US$142 million investment. He said some 1,300 rooms are under construction at a cost of US$80 million.
