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Santo Domingo.- The president of the National Hotels and Tourism Association warned Tuesday that the Government and the population in general should be “very very careful” in dealing with Haiti’s cholera epidemic, and affirmed that no tourist flights have been canceled despite the four confirmed cases in this country.
Julio Llibre also hailed the Government’s response to halt the entry of the disease across the border, calling “very proactive” the efforts by the Tourism and Public Health ministries. “The situation in Haiti forces us to be very very careful, we have to concentrate and work to deal with this.”
The hotelier said the fact that income from the tourism industry is expected to top US$4 billion this year, aside from the money that remains abroad, the authorities must do more to cleanup the tourism regions, and stressed the decay and sprawl he said affects Santo Domingo and especially its Colonial Zone. “Our country is not just for tourists, the country should have an agreeable environment. We have a sprawling city which we must organize. Our culture, history, gastronomy is like no other in the Caribbean.”
Interviewed in the program El Dia on Channel 11, Llibre added that the country is the region’s leader in tourist arrivals and occupancy. “We’re number one in arrivals in the Caribbean, followed by Mexico’s Caribbean, Cuba and Jamaica. As to Puerto Rico it has an important cruise ship tourism but it doesn’t have hotel occupancy.”
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Wake up and educate your population.
The rivers in the DR are contaminated with human feces. This is a perfect breeding ground for cholera.
Drive down to the River Nizao and watch as people wash their cars and cattle then defeceate into the river.
Go to Boca Chica and you will find human feces in the water moving past you.
Go to the river isabella and ask yourself where does all the feces go to from the shanty towns along the river. Definetly not into a seage system.
How about San Pedro des Macoris, The sewage is dischaged right into the mouth of the river Higuamo and it moves up and down that estuary.
First-Flaw #1- it is going to work. It is practical, with a lot of common sense and cost effective.
Second-Flaw #2-I don't see any way for the politicians to lace their pockets with cash. Just not enough financial incentive to make them want to move and implement such a positive plan. They will have to get off their ass and really work for their salaries. It is just too much trouble, if they are not getting something out of the deal.
It is unfortunate, but it is a fact, both the PLD & PRD gov't thrive on chaos and confusion. The worse and unorganized the conditions, the better and easier it is for them to steal. That is why your idea is too good. Why do you think the gov't of Juan Bosch only lasted 7 months. Unfortunately, he ran too much of a straight operation.
I am coming to the D.R. in March, cholera outbreak or no cholera outbreak.
Nothing short of the plague will keep me from enjoying the beach, the sun, Presidentes and Dominicanas.
I have had quite a lot to drink tonight so this will be my last posting.
Good night to all!