The Minister of Public Administration, Sigmund Freudstated this Wednesday that the tourist center of Flints will close in 2025 with around 130,000 cruise passengersand announced that by 2026 there are already committed to the cruise chains about 300,000.
The honorary director of Pro-Pedernales Trust He pointed out that only in the month of November are they scheduled to dock in the port of Pedernales some eight cruisesand that in December the already scheduled arrival amounts to 12 boats.
“Closing the year 2025, we will end with about 130,000 cruise passengers received this year, in a project that did not exist at all (…) only in the month of November are we going to close with eight cruisesand the month of December we are going to have 12 cruises arriving at that port,” highlighted the minister.
Interviewed in space Tribune of Truthfor Z101, stated that the aforementioned numbers are achieved thanks to the trust in the country that has generated the attraction of investment investment in a port that cost more than 60 million of dollars.
“The investment that has been made by this private group that is managing this port, it is more than 60 million of dollars. Betting on a totally new destination, already bringing around 130,000 cruise passengersand securing and committing to the chains cruise passengers for more than 300,000 for next year,” he said.
He said that it is evident that there is a trust deposited by investors in the Abinader administrationwhich manages a government that creates development policies in every sense, guaranteeing the legal certainty to attract the investment foreigner.
Investment in Santiago
The Minister of Public Administration also highlighted the investment in Santiago. dstaked the construction of the Santiago Cable Carhe monorailthe removal of the city entrance, remodeling of hospitals and the sanitation of the Gurabo Streamconsidered the work with the greatest social impact.
The development of this offer in Pedernales is an example of the sustained dynamism of cruise tourism, an industry that took off after the entry into operations of the Amber Cove Port in 2015, and which this month reached its tenth anniversary. As of September of this year, Amber Cove has received 842,710 of the 2,017,211 cruise passengers accumulated since January, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism. The executive director of the Dominican Port Authority (Apordom), Jean Luis Rodríguez, recognized that Amber Cove has achieved the objective that was set when it began a decade ago: to become an engine of development for the entire northern region. “Amber Cove represents a door of opportunities open to the world. It is a story written by thousands of hands: collaborators, artisans, tour guides, transporters, small businesses, tour operators, entrepreneurs and families who, thanks to this project, have found new hope and a new path,” said the official. At an event in Puerto Plata, followed by a lunch aboard the cruise line’s Mardi Gras, Vice President of Government Relations for Carnival Corporation, Vicky Rey, said that the port represents the power of collaboration between the company and the community. “As the company marks its 10-year milestone, the celebration honors not only a port, but also a partnership built with and for the people of Puerto Plata,” she noted. She indicated that the province has become a symbol of pride that drives opportunity, supports families and welcomes guests from all over the world.
