Javier Garcia focuses on southwest

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Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia is focusing his attention on developing the southwest coastline of the Dominican Republic. As reported in Diario Libre, Javier Garcia said that the time has come for the southwest and he soon would announce multi-million investments forthcoming for the area. Javier Garcia says that he has the blessing of Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez. In the past, the governmental focus on allowing hotel construction in protected National Parks lands has met with opposition from the Ministry of Environment and environmental campaigners. Environmentalists argue that there is plenty of beach land outside the National Park that can be developed.

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