A tourist influx

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Santo Domingo Port Director Rodolfo Rijo says that 35,000 tourists will enter the country on 40 cruise ships this year and estimates that number to rise to about one million in 2007. Rijo's optimistic estimates come as a result of the US$400 million investment in the Sans Souci terminal, which is due to be finished by the end of December 2007, according to Listin Diario. The project includes an obelisk with a sports marina and a shopping center, as well as the regeneration of the surrounding areas. The project covers 3,500 square meters and has capacity for 2,100 passengers. Caribian, Royal Caribbean and other large cruise ships will begin docking at the port in 2007. There is also the remodeling of two parks, Ruben Dario and Cervantes, with an investment of RD$5 million

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