FritoBandito
02-01-2011, 09:51 PM
I think you can blame the drop in tourism on the economy (everywhere) and, regarding less Europeans, you can blame that on the aforementioned reason and also the devaluation of the Euro....
With rising fuel prices in 2011, airfare is going to go up, which will also keep people at home if airfare is too much...
In 2010, 17% fewer tourists at the North Coast (http://news.insearchofchicas.org/forum/index.php?id=2481&article=1)
Last year was not exactly flourishing for the North Coast. The number of travellers who passed through the airport of Puerto Plata has fallen by 16%. The number of tourists has decreased in 2010 to 16.75%. The smaller hotels in Sosúa are now occupied relatively well, but the larger hotels and resorts like the Hotel Piergiorgio, Hotel Sosúa by the Sea, Hotel Sosúa Bay and Casa Marina are still suffering from the declining interest in a holiday in Sosúa (Cabarete and Playa Dorada). There are several reasons that have caused the decline.
http://news.insearchofchicas.org/forum/news_pictures/2011/02/02-01_tourism.jpg (http://news.insearchofchicas.org/forum/news_pictures/2011/02/02-01_tourism.jpg) Sosúa Beach
Entrepreneurs from resorts in Playa Dorada blame it to the central government's indifference towards the problems of the North Coast. However, large investment are made in Samaná and Punta Cana, promises for the north coast have not yet been fulfilled. The promise to construct a port terminal in Puerto Plata for cruise ships, has still not been complied.
But the entrepreneurs in Playa Dorada, Sosúa and Cabarete are also to blame. They do not work together and do not organize themselves to be able to put pressure on the government. Every business man is concerned only with his own business and hopes that someone else will solve the problems for him. Why, for example, the main street in Sosúa, Pedro Clisante, in the evening is still not closed for traffic, is a mystery. A well-organized team of entrepreneurs should have arranged this long ago. Hopefully, the recently established association for the development of Sosúa (ADSSosua) can change something.
Source: Puerto Plata Habla
With rising fuel prices in 2011, airfare is going to go up, which will also keep people at home if airfare is too much...
In 2010, 17% fewer tourists at the North Coast (http://news.insearchofchicas.org/forum/index.php?id=2481&article=1)
Last year was not exactly flourishing for the North Coast. The number of travellers who passed through the airport of Puerto Plata has fallen by 16%. The number of tourists has decreased in 2010 to 16.75%. The smaller hotels in Sosúa are now occupied relatively well, but the larger hotels and resorts like the Hotel Piergiorgio, Hotel Sosúa by the Sea, Hotel Sosúa Bay and Casa Marina are still suffering from the declining interest in a holiday in Sosúa (Cabarete and Playa Dorada). There are several reasons that have caused the decline.
http://news.insearchofchicas.org/forum/news_pictures/2011/02/02-01_tourism.jpg (http://news.insearchofchicas.org/forum/news_pictures/2011/02/02-01_tourism.jpg) Sosúa Beach
Entrepreneurs from resorts in Playa Dorada blame it to the central government's indifference towards the problems of the North Coast. However, large investment are made in Samaná and Punta Cana, promises for the north coast have not yet been fulfilled. The promise to construct a port terminal in Puerto Plata for cruise ships, has still not been complied.
But the entrepreneurs in Playa Dorada, Sosúa and Cabarete are also to blame. They do not work together and do not organize themselves to be able to put pressure on the government. Every business man is concerned only with his own business and hopes that someone else will solve the problems for him. Why, for example, the main street in Sosúa, Pedro Clisante, in the evening is still not closed for traffic, is a mystery. A well-organized team of entrepreneurs should have arranged this long ago. Hopefully, the recently established association for the development of Sosúa (ADSSosua) can change something.
Source: Puerto Plata Habla