President Luis Abinader initiated the second phase of the Santo Domingo Colonial Tourism Program at the Colonial City Tourism Program, during an activity that included a number of different towns in this historic area.
“We are leading many projects that need the space for economic recovery, which is the law of the Colonial City”.
The mandate ensures that in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism and the Alcaldía del Distrito Nacional “we will make this the largest colonial city of all Latin America”.
The project is expected to be executed over a period of six years, with a funding of US $ 90 million by the Interbank Bank of Development (BID), as long as it disburses US $ 30 million which will be used during the first stage.
The implementation is carried out by the Ministry of Tourism, in coordination with the Alcaldía del Distrito Nacional and the Ministry of Culture, in order to continue the rehabilitation of the city, both in its cultural and tourist aspects, as well as economically and urban.
The President Abinader was accompanied by the Ministers of Tourism, David Collado; of Culture, Carmen Heredia, and the President of the Presidency José Ignacio Paliza, as well as the Alcaldesa of the National District, Carolina Mejía.
Además by the Director of Police, Mayor Edward Sánchez; the director of the Cuerpo Specialized in Tourist Security (Cestur), General Juan Torres Robiou; the president of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (Asonahores), Rafael Blanco, and the representative of the BID in the country Miguel Coronado.
“Hoy initiates the resurgence of the colonial city of the government of President Abinadef”, dijo Collado al detach the impulse that is from tourism and the transparency with which the BID project works through,
Prior to the initiation of the Protocol, President Abinader visited the Palacio de Borgellá and held a private meeting to read the proceedings of the Fortaleza Ozama.
The corridor
Displaced in a golf cart the mandate follows the corridor with the inauguration of the Museum Atarazanas Reales where the president receives the works of the “Museum of the MAR”, which museography is central to navigation, maritime commerce and proclamation.
The next parade will take place at the Las Mercedes Esquina host. of the Colonial City.
The Saviñón edition, called the Conde esquina José Reyes, was the last point of the corridor to present the permanent exhibition “Zona Colonial Viva”.
Project Allocations
The program includes the revitalization of patrimonial editions and public spaces of the Colonial City. The San Francisco Convention is in place; the Ribera del Ozama, the Museo del Alcázar de Colón, the Museo de las Casas Reales, the museographie de la Fortaleza de Santo Domingo y el Museo de la Catedral, además el cableado pasará a ser soterrado. A deposit of RD $ 676 million is also planned to increase the housing and living conditions of the residents of the northern zone of the Colonial City.