President Luis Abinader topped the first shovel the launch of Tryp by Wyndham Playa Palenque, which will be developed in Casa Club, Coconut Paradise, which will have an investment of 20 million dollars.
The Minister of Tourism, david colladoexpressed that this is an act that goes with the vision of the president Abinader that after dealing with the recovery of tourism for two years and being recognized by the World Tourism Organization as the number one country in the world in the year 202now again the ForwardKeys published its results and the Dominican Republic was number one in the world in flights comparing 2022 with 2019.
He affirmed that tourism is the country’s main industry and that it has been shown that when personal interests, party politicians are left behind and those of the country are put on the table, great results are obtained.
He added that this recovery of tourism in its entirety, as well as the 179,000 pre-pandemic jobs in the sector, have been possible thanks to the joint effort and President Abinader who works tirelessly every day and pays attention to every detail of the Dominican Republic brand.
“Today we can say that when the president arrived there were 10,000 rooms open with an occupancy of 10% and today we have 83,000 hotel rooms open with an occupancy of 85%”highlighted Collado.
The Minister of Tourism assured that the government of President Abinader has revolutionized the tourism industry and that even with the condition that the country is losing half a million tourists due to the international situation, this year it will end up receiving 7.2 million tourists, a record number in the history of the sector.
Reference tourist real estate project in the area
For his part, the president of Maceo & Company, Marco Maceo, explained that his development has become a benchmark tourist real estate project in the area.
He explained that by the beginning of next year they will increase their capacity to 200 rooms with the alliance with Wyndham and will provide around 400 direct jobs at the end of the project.
In the same way, Edward De Valle II, CEO of Grupo Valle and Co-developer of Tryp Playa Palenque, congratulated the government for the great work done in the recovery of tourism.
“And it is because of all these efforts that national and foreign investors can now place their trust in my vision and that of my partners,” said De Valle II.
About the project
TRYP by Wyndham will be a four-star condo hotel and tourist complex in a renowned gated residential complex built on the beachfront, recognized by the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic and which will consist of 44 condominium hotel units, 36 residences, 4 bungalow suites and 7 villas. The architectural design will be in charge of Mr. Juan Sánchez from (Sánchez & Sánchez) and interior design by Mrs. Jimena Trujillo from SAIA Arquitectos.
The opening of this condo hotel, scheduled for March 2023, marks an important milestone in the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic and is aligned with the vision of our tourism minister. “in every corner”.
The event was attended by the mayor of San Cristóbal, José Montas; the governor of San Cristóbal, Pura Casilla; the mayor of Nizao, Eliazar Guerrero; the director of Politur, the Major General, Minoru Matsunaga and the mayoress of Palenque, Angela Dipre.
Also, the Senior Director of Development of Wyndham Resorts, Louis Alicea; the general manager of Coconut and Maceo, Mariela Maceo and the Major League Baseball players, Vladdy Guerrero Jr and Pedro Strop.
