Travel – Page 540

The government expropriated the beach areas between Laguna de Oviedo and Playa Pedernales, in the southwest. This includes the areas known as Laguna de Puerto el Medio, Punta San Jose, Playa Blanca, Playa Larga, Playa Chiquita, Cabo Falso, Playa Caliente, Punta Chimanche, Bahia de las Aguilas, Cabo Rojo and Guanave. Decree 273-01 establishes tourism projects …

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The director of the Civil Aviation Board, Anibal Amparo announced he has just made available to the Ministry of Tourism RD$24.5 million and US$771,675 for tourism promotion abroad. This is part of an agreement to provide the Ministry with half of proceeds of the tourist card purchased by travelers. (26 February 2001)

Jaak Rannik spoke up for the Zona Franca Multimodal Caucedo, the project to build a mega port center adjacent to the Las Americas International Airport. Promoters say it calls for an investment of more than RD$4,000 million, will create 1,000 jobs during its construction phase, 5,000-10,000 jobs once in operation, and another 15,000 indirect jobs. …

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The Center for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) opened in Santo Domingo yesterday. The institution is financed by the European Development Fund (EDF) under the Lome Convention office. It provides assistance to business in emerging nations and is based in Brussels, Belgium. Its Santo Domingo office is its first regional office. It chose Santo Domingo …

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The executive director of the Association of Hotels & Restaurants of Sosua and Cabarete, Cecilio Mercedes confirmed that 20 of 73 hotels in that north coast beach area have closed in recent years. Sosua businessman Jose Miguel Pimentel earlier had told the newspaper that 15 hotels in the area have closed. He attributed this to …

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Punta Cana International Airport reports arrivals of 888,852 and departures of 878,469 for 2000, a record for the East Coast’s main port of entry. Traffic at the airport is up 35% over 1999. According to the airport, which is a private operation, some 62,221 flights were handled, of which 58% were charters and 42% scheduled. …

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