NewsWhore
06-21-2008, 12:00 AM
Investors are asking the Ministry of Tourism to help reduce all the red tape involved in approving tourism projects by creating a one-stop approval process. The one-stop process would include the paperwork required by the Ministries of Public Works, Environment and Tourism. Ministry of Tourism sub Minister Radhames Martinez Aponte said that investors had proposed the idea, explaining that the current bureaucracy and paper trail can slow down investment. Investors agree that the one-stop process should also include the Tax Department and Customs. Martinez says that the biggest problem with removing bureaucracy is getting through the existing bureaucracy at the Ministries. The sub Minister said that the hope is that the Ministries will work as one because much of the investment in the DR is done by people who don't understand the work involved in navigating through local government institutions.
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