05/2013 - The Director of Tourism ''speaks''

[Sidney]

Info from a prominent local businessman--------------"Several officials were there, Director of Tourism, head of PN head of Politur, boss of Amet et al. The main subject was cleaning up Sosua. Several people spoke, including Willy and Armando along with other buisiness owners in Sosua. The head of tourism was adamant on his decision to eliminate all prostitution in Sosua. He does not care about the impact. It would appear that certain people have convinced the President that 90% of the problems are caused by prostitution. He has given the director of tourism "carte blanche"! He did not elaborate on his intended ''methods''!

[SrSuerte]

Info from a prominent local businessman--------------"Several officials were there, Director of Tourism, head of PN head of Politur, boss of Amet et al. The main subject was cleaning up Sosua. Several people spoke, including Willy and Armando along with other buisiness owners in Sosua. The head of tourism was adamant on his decision to eliminate all prostitution in Sosua. He does not care about the impact. It would appear that certain people have convinced the President that 90% of the problems are caused by prostitution. He has given the director of tourism "carte blanche"! He did not elaborate on his intended ''methods''!

From what I read a long time ago. Prostitution was cracked down on in Boca Chica years ago, then most of the prostitution moved to Sosua.


Boca Chica is up and running again and getting better from some travelers testimony. If this were going to happen then I think most traffic would move back down south again.

Maybe.

[SeaWeed]

F Prostitution was cracked down on in Boca Chica years ago.

mi first arrived in Boca Chica after the first crackdown.......... there was still plenty of Putas der........
and 4 years later mi arrived again in Boca Chica and there were more Putas.......
sounds like today there are even more Putas in Boca Chica......BC probably going to be a better bet than Sosua in the future
these whore towns go in cycles depending on who is running the show at any certain time......
and with all these people not wanting Putas in Sosua.......you aren't going to beat the local or federal government nor the tourism heads
sure there will be Putas in Sosua.....just won't be as many....and nuthin like what I saw back in Sept 2009 in Sosua when mi was der....that was wild

[Westy]

Info from a prominent local businessman--------------"Several officials were there, Director of Tourism, head of PN head of Politur, boss of Amet et al. The main subject was cleaning up Sosua. Several people spoke, including Willy and Armando along with other buisiness owners in Sosua. The head of tourism was adamant on his decision to eliminate all prostitution in Sosua. He does not care about the impact. It would appear that certain people have convinced the President that 90% of the problems are caused by prostitution. He has given the director of tourism "carte blanche"! He did not elaborate on his intended ''methods''!

Follow the money. I would bet the President has his hand out, and John Kerry got his marching orders from Hit-lery Clit-ton on this - "women are victims, and prostitution is raaaaaayyype!"

Besides, it's demeaning when a woman is paid a week's worth of salary for a half-hour's sweaty work between the sheets.

SeaWeed, how are things going in J-land? Still plenty of sweet beach-walkers in Negril?

[Skynyrd]

Well damn I guess this was a good time to start my Asian adventures P

[SeaWeed]

SeaWeed, how are things going in J-land? Still plenty of sweet beach-walkers in Negril?

let you know when mi reach in 11days....mi hear da gurls are pretty desperate these days.....
low season and not many guys there will usually do it....lol....going to the Jungle Nightclub this summer will be shark fest for sure

[JD426]

I'm telling you guys this is coming from Leonels Wife, and it could be a lot worse than we think, if they start targeting "johns" with the help of the US GOVT..
Remember the child support laws, you cant fly back to the USA and hide anymore, the laws apply here just as if you were there.. Same shit may happen with Prostitution. What you do there, if now made "ILLEGAL" to US citizens, will come back here to bite you..
.. You think the Mayor of Sosua is hard on prostitution, you aint seen NUTHIN yet.. ... I'm gonna find out in July for sure from someone in Santo Domingo, who would know first hand. My nose tells me this is not like the usual crackdowns we have seen.

From what I read a long time ago. Prostitution was cracked down on in Boca Chica years ago, then most of the prostitution moved to Sosua.


Boca Chica is up and running again and getting better from some travelers testimony. If this were going to happen then I think most traffic would move back down south again.

Maybe.

Apples and Oranges.. Completely Diff scenarios... Mr Happy et al can elaborate ,but I was there when it got bad, REAL bad.. Like everyone was being Pickpocketed, every single night. Girls would physically not leave you alone traveling in packs.. Its fun at first but then just got really annoying, and then just plain dangerous.. Also the Chulo assholes were beating the shit out of the New Girls, one of mine was put in the Hospital cause she didnt give him his Cut.. I met her in the disco, he was tagging along with our group and refused to leave. Told her he is not with us.. but he felt entitled to some $ so he just took it ALL from her and hurt her pretty bad, a cop friend went looking for him to even the score but he disappeared. Bull Shit like that gets old fast.. it was much worse than Sosua ,before the crackdowns, it was just downright dangerous.

Seems , This new "Policy" is purely about Prostitution, and the DR having become a Sex Destination, and the international IMAGE that portrays. IMO the powers that be really believe, or want to believe that if they stop Gringos from traveling for the express purpose of engaging Prostitution.. then the tourists will come back..thats the only way to take this. Sosua is already as SAFE as it can get , for a 3rd world country, Sosua is pretty safe, IMO .. So its definitely not about the safety..

[Westy]

I'm telling you guys this is coming from Leonels Wife, and it could be a lot worse than we think, if they start targeting "johns" with the help of the US GOVT..

Seems , This new "Policy" is purely about Prostitution, and the DR having become a Sex Destination, and the international IMAGE that portrays. IMO the powers that be really believe, or want to believe that if they stop Gringos from traveling for the express purpose of engaging Prostitution.. then the tourists will come back..thats the only way to take this. Sosua is already as SAFE as it can get , for a 3rd world country, Sosua is pretty safe, IMO .. So its definitely not about the safety.

"Start targeting 'johns' with the help of the US Government" ... and at their insistence, no doubt, as well.

This is all about shaming and blaming and punishing 'teh menz.' Doesn't surprise me that it's being figure-headed by the DR's equivalent to Marie Antionette.

I think I'm going to start saving up for a Philippines excursion.

[hugrad95a]

Sounds like they dont want YOU guys in the DR anymore. Lets see how it plays out.

[tarzan]

So are they gonna stop me from going to the beach and invite a girl over to my place for a drink and spend the night, after which I may give her a couple of thousand pesos to help her with her rent. I don't see them stopping the escort services from letting you have an hour of "companionship" with a girl here.

[greydread]

Info from a prominent local businessman--------------"Several officials were there, Director of Tourism, head of PN head of Politur, boss of Amet et al. The main subject was cleaning up Sosua. Several people spoke, including Willy and Armando along with other buisiness owners in Sosua. The head of tourism was adamant on his decision to eliminate all prostitution in Sosua. He does not care about the impact. It would appear that certain people have convinced the President that 90% of the problems are caused by prostitution. He has given the director of tourism "carte blanche"! He did not elaborate on his intended ''methods''!

[JD426]

So are they gonna stop me from going to the beach and invite a girl over to my place for a drink and spend the night, after which I may give her a couple of thousand pesos to help her with her rent. I don't see them stopping the escort services from letting you have an hour of "companionship" with a girl here.

Of course they cant stop that, in fact they WANT you to come and do exactly that.. they just dont want the IMAGE of being a Country of WHORES walking the streets .
The problem is that some guys may get snagged in the big net, even if they are TRYING to be discreet, imo ..if the DR Govt goes in this direction ( arresting johns). Lets keep in mind, the focus has always been on cleaning up (the strips) by rounding up the whores..
Once they switch gears and round of mongers, its a whole new ballgame & the $ , think about how much $ they could potentially Extort..
..can we really sit here and deny that it would be a complete game changer?

[hugrad95a]

It sounds like its time to re read the book who moved the cheese

[Westy]

Of course they cant stop that, in fact they WANT you to come and do exactly that.. they just dont want the IMAGE of being a Country of WHORES walking the streets .
The problem is that some guys may get snagged in the big net, even if they are TRYING to be discreet, imo ..if the DR Govt goes in this direction ( arresting johns). Lets keep in mind, the focus has always been on cleaning up (the strips) by rounding up the whores..
Once they switch gears and round of mongers, its a whole new ballgame & the $ , think about how much $ they could potentially Extort..
..can we really sit here and deny that it would be a complete game changer?

ABSOLUTELY. And that's what intimidates me -- even though I really don't have any 'reputation' to uphold, no wife, no ex, no kids, no relatives who give a rat's ass about me anyways ... well, except for my Dear Auntie, in Memory Care...

This plays to the societal meme, "Men Are Bad, Women Are Victims." It's the Swedish model - blame the john, punish the john, "end demand." It's the VAWA Model, the Duluth Model, the model pushed by Femmunism International.

And it's all for such a noble cause ... think of the chicas, the poor poor chicas. Think of how horribly sexist and demeaning and patriarchial it is for them to have to feed their children by renting out their booty to those evil, eeee-villll menzzz - for about a week's worth of salary, earned in a half-hour or so of sweaty labor between the sheets in an air-conditioned hotel room.

[Westy]

It sounds like its time to re read the book who moved the cheese

And the companion parody, "Who Cut The Cheese?"

[greydread]

Of course they cant stop that, in fact they WANT you to come and do exactly that.. they just dont want the IMAGE of being a Country of WHORES walking the streets .
The problem is that some guys may get snagged in the big net, even if they are TRYING to be discreet, imo ..if the DR Govt goes in this direction ( arresting johns). Lets keep in mind, the focus has always been on cleaning up (the strips) by rounding up the whores..
Once they switch gears and round of mongers, its a whole new ballgame & the $ , think about how much $ they could potentially Extort..
..can we really sit here and deny that it would be a complete game changer?

There's prostitution going on at every tourist destination I can think of. The problem they have with the sex tourism going on in So-Sewer is that it's on full blast all the time gets too much bad press from all around the World. This is mostly because many of the guys who head there act like sailors on shore leave after 3 months at sea.

It's funny. When you go to most Caribbean sex tourist destinations, unless your looking for it the trade is going on right in front of you and all around you and you'd never know. It's embarrassing how many years I went to Aruba and in Particular St Nic. before I found the Ho's. The powers that be in the D.R. are aware that if done correctly they can have family tourism AND sex tourism in the same region. The key is image integrity. Same reason management turns their heads when a thousand-dollar-a-night hooker turns tricks in the Lobby Bar of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel but won't let a $50 Ho in the door.

In the hospitality business image is everything.

[greydread]

It sounds like its time to re read the book who moved the cheese

..or re-watch "The Road To Abilene"

[rahsta]

A female friend of mines always say that I am taken advantage of those poor girls in DR or Brazil. I always tell her there is no section 8, no food stamps, no one shot deal, no social security, no public schools, no jobs etc. I say too her if she was born in DR what would she be doing? I always get a "But .....

[Westy]

There's prostitution going on at every tourist destination I can think of ... When you go to most Caribbean sex tourist destinations, unless your looking for it the trade is going on right in front of you and all around you and you'd never know. It's embarrassing how many years I went to Aruba and in Particular St Nic. before I found the Ho's. The powers that be in the D.R. are aware that if done correctly they can have family tourism AND sex tourism in the same region. The key is image integrity ... In the hospitality business image is everything.

Roger that ... I got into the Great Game way late in life, and I despair that I'm living proof that 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks.' I popped my "trick's cherry" at age fifty, swelp-me-gawd, and I never reached the level of having anything you could speak of as 'game' with the ladies, or the chicas either. Blackbeard's, and then Sosua, were like the El Dorado to me - so in-your-face that even a blind squirrel like me could get a nut!

So now, the D.R. is going to go after the mongers, and 'mangina up' with all the other wriggling little lap-dogs of the Femi-Nazzi-Pocalypse. Not surprised, just disappointed.

I made a pre-paid reservation to go to Field of Dreams in late September. Haven't bought the flight yet, though ... maybe I should write off the room, and not even bother.

[rahsta]

There's prostitution going on at every tourist destination I can think of. The problem they have with the sex tourism going on in So-Sewer is that it's on full blast all the time gets too much bad press from all around the World. This is mostly because many of the guys who head there act like sailors on shore leave after 3 months at sea.

It's funny. When you go to most Caribbean sex tourist destinations, unless your looking for it the trade is going on right in front of you and all around you and you'd never know. It's embarrassing how many years I went to Aruba and in Particular St Nic. before I found the Ho's. The powers that be in the D.R. are aware that if done correctly they can have family tourism AND sex tourism in the same region. The key is image integrity. Same reason management turns their heads when a thousand-dollar-a-night hooker turns tricks in the Lobby Bar of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel but won't let a $50 Ho in the door.

In the hospitality business image is everything.

In Costa Rica it on fullblast all day. Del Rey has a 24hr bar.