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08-08-2008, 04:20 PM
Tourism Minister Felix (Felucho) Jimenez says that effective 15 August he will submit his resignation from the post. Jimenez has served as Minister of Tourism in Fernandez's first and second administration. He is a strong supporter of the proposed Tourism Development Institute (INDETUR), an autonomous government body that met with controversy when several other government departments objected to the idea that the INDETUR would take over their areas of responsibility. Recent news reports indicate that differences between government officers have been sorted out, and the new institute's formation could be approved in the next legislature that opens on 16 August.
Privately, Jimenez is a leading real estate developer. INDETUR supports securing financing to build new highways to open development in the Luperon and Miches areas.
He made the announcement yesterday on the Telesistema, Chanel 11 morning show Telematutino 11.
During his 2004-2008 term, Jimenez has overseen the diversifying of tourism product in the DR with a trend favoring luxury golf and residential vacation properties over the packaged-tourism low cost all-inclusive hotels of early years. Even when several Caribbean neighboring nations have experienced declines in travel, tourism in the DR has continued to grow. But Jimenez himself says that harder times could be coming. "Let us not kid ourselves. We do not believe the bonanza will continue and we will be immune from the crisis," he recently told an audience at the German Embassy on occasion of the announcement of the construction of a major convention center for Santo Domingo.
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Privately, Jimenez is a leading real estate developer. INDETUR supports securing financing to build new highways to open development in the Luperon and Miches areas.
He made the announcement yesterday on the Telesistema, Chanel 11 morning show Telematutino 11.
During his 2004-2008 term, Jimenez has overseen the diversifying of tourism product in the DR with a trend favoring luxury golf and residential vacation properties over the packaged-tourism low cost all-inclusive hotels of early years. Even when several Caribbean neighboring nations have experienced declines in travel, tourism in the DR has continued to grow. But Jimenez himself says that harder times could be coming. "Let us not kid ourselves. We do not believe the bonanza will continue and we will be immune from the crisis," he recently told an audience at the German Embassy on occasion of the announcement of the construction of a major convention center for Santo Domingo.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)