Governor of Puerto Plata expects tourism boom

The governor of Puerto Plata projects this coming January thirty-seven thousand visitors come to this province tourist cruises and more than fifty thousand in February, among other impacts of the inauguration by President Danilo Medina of the cruise pier in operation since the week pass.

Ivan Rivera said that as part of the state policy of encouraging private investment, the president also inaugurated the headquarters of the Tourist Police of Sosua and Cabarete, Puerto Plata when investors also inaugurated in Playa Dorada Hotel Blue Jack Tar, the first of seven levels.

"The President supports tourism in the interest of the goal of ten million tourists visit the country, for which the first section of the road Maimon Puerto Plata, four-way and return, they provide it will also be opened to the Visitors greater road safety, "said Rivera, interviewed by Manuel Jimenez and Felipe Ciprián in Motion Night by Digital 15.

The representative of the Executive also cited the first shovel of President Danilo Medina, accompanied by Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Temístocles Montas for the construction of an underwater pipeline and sewage plant.

"This outfall will bring not only health but also free us from the headache of wastewater pipes with high density polyethylenes which are manufactured in Norway, and that they will barge in one or two months, with treatment plant will decontaminate the beaches of any contamination that may have existed, "he added.

Rivera said that the government policy that indicative not only performs works for tourism, but also provided with safety devices streets, which reconfirms Puerto Plata as the best regional tourist destination.

He cited that in October 10 thousand tourists aboard three cruise ships visited the province this November and more than 19,000 in five cruisers and the projection is that it harsán 37,000 this coming January and more than 57,000 in February.

"This means that this year will be three hundred thousand tourists who visit us here and there will be continuity, so that the people have reacted by offering goods and services at restaurants, museums and even trips to Leon Center in Santiago," he said.

As for the effect it will have on the country the Cuban tourism after the restoration of relations with the United States he said to be positive, because the arrival of visitors to the socialist island means that we will also have a closer cruise tourism.

"When the tour operators and cruise agencies will design various destinations means that with Cuba will be a destination region, which means that we benefit from any other Caribbean island cruises to arrive," he said.