The US paid Denmark 25 million dollars for the territory - about $295 per acre.
Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic, recorded the visit of 365 257 peoplefrom January to May, from that total 273 399 were cruisers and 91 858 crew members; which indicates that there are good prospects for making this location a leading destination for cruise tourism.
Julio Almonte, Vice Minister of Tourism for the Northern Zone, informed that for the next 2020 the second port of cruises Taíno Bay will begin its operations that will allow the operation to Puerto Plata like the only point of the Caribbean with two terminals of cruises.
He added that since the cruise stage began in October 2015 to the date, that tourist destination has received in the Amber Cove Terminal of Carnival 543 ships f this kind with 2 275 727 of cruisers and crews.
The work of destination management is currently being carried out, and according to representatives of the hotel sector a growth of tourism is reported. This must be increased when the construction of the Puerto Plata-Navarrete and the tourist Gregorio Luperón roads are completed.
The leisure industry is the main source of resources of the Dominican Republicand according to information from the Ministry of Tourism of the Central American country, the modality of cruises began the year 2019 with records on the arrival of cruise ships.
The US paid Denmark 25 million dollars for the territory - about $295 per acre.
