Cabo Rojo Tourist Destination

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Guest2022Guest21 January 2022 12:49:23

Cabo Rojo - or Pedernales as people probably know it - is going to start this year and is an 11 year plan public/private development.

They will start the first phase of the project in Pedernales; investment exceeds US$977 million

https://noticiassin.com/pais/varias-cad … es-1220422

The hotel chains Hilton, Marriott, Sunwing, AmResorts, Iberostar Group and Karisma Hotels & Resort, are the ones that will start operations at the opening of the first stage of the new tourist destination in the Dominican Republic in Cabo Rojo, Pedernales.

The information was offered by the executive director of the General Directorate of Public-Private Partnerships (DGAPP), Sigmund Freund, when presenting the official Master Plan of the Pedernales Tourism Development Project, with the assistance of President Luis Abinader, within the framework of the celebration of the 42nd edition of the International Tourism Fair, in Madrid.

Freund specified that in this first stage of the project 4,700 rooms will be built, with a density of 30 rooms per hectare and added that this is the lowest in the development of tourist poles in the country due to its commitment to being an eco-friendly destination.

He added that Cabo Rojo-Pedernales has all the conditions to become a tourist reference in the Caribbean, located in the very center of the Caribbean, one hour and 24 minutes from Miami, 2 hours and 58 minutes from New York and 8:00 Madrid hours.

"From now on Pedernales is a benchmark, as it is the only destination to be developed from scratch under a public-private partnership, with a master plan that defines every detail of its execution in the four phases planned to be implemented in the next 11 years," he said. Freund in the presentation held in the Ballroom 1 room, of the Rosewood Villamagna hotel, in Madrid.

In the investment plan and the official business model, presented by the consultants, a total investment of US$2,245 million is estimated with public and private contributions.

The land provided by the State has a value of US$719.1 million, while an investment of US$977.6 million is projected for the construction of the hotels.

At the conclusion of the presentation of the consultants, the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, highlighted the importance that the development of this new destination has for the growth of Dominican tourism and for the Dominican economy and affirmed that the impact of this project in the South it is incalculable.

At the close of the presentation ceremony, President Luis Abinader reiterated the importance of this project and announced that he is committed to creating all the necessary infrastructure for the successful development of the area.

The president stressed that this new and spectacular tourist destination will create close to 20,000 direct jobs and more than 50,000 indirect jobs, with all that this implies for the economic dynamism of a region, and concluded his words by stating that "this is one of our most ambitious projects. One of the most demanded and necessary”.

In the act of presentation of the Pedernales Master Plan "Invest in Cabo Rojo, Pedernales", the Ministers of Tourism and Administration of the Presidency, David Collado and José Ignacio Paliza; the ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain accredited in the Dominican Republic, Antonio Pérez Hernández y Torra; the Dominican ambassadors, Juan Bolívar Díaz and Aníbal de Castro; among other officials and personalities from the tourism business world.

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Guest2022Guest21 January 2022 12:55:29

The preliminary works for the design and construction of the new airport for Cabo Rojo is underway.....

Airport Department speeds up work for the construction of the Pedernales airport

https://www.elcaribe.com.do/destacado/d … edernales/

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WillieWebViP21 January 2022 13:04:50

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Right on the Haitian border

Won't have a labor problem !

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DRVisitorSerial expat22 January 2022 02:29:27

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What are the border Haitian cities like? The furthest I have gone in that direction is Barahona.

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Guest2022Guest22 January 2022 12:47:37

You could just about call Barahona a city with a population of 140k, but beyond that in the south west they are towns. Pedernales is about 30k. Neiba 50k and Jimani barely 20k.

The coastline with mainly pebble beaches south of Barahona is in places spectacular with great places to stop and pass the day with locals such as San Rafael and Los Patos. To get to Pedernales you drive through drier terrain and the national park and before the town is the turn to Cabo Rojo and Playa de las Aguilas. The far south west is full of ecotourist opportunities and did feel safer than the north west border. There are permanent road control stations along the route.

At least I have spent a day on that wonderful beach swimming and relaxing with very few other visitors and totally untouched. I can say that about Grace Bay in Turks and Caicos too. Once they get developed such superb beaches are not the same.

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AlaPlayaActive member23 January 2022 20:45:35

I'm so sad to see these plans for that area. I hope they do a better job preserving public beach access than they have in Punta Cana.

On a somewhat related note-I thought there were plans to build an airport near Pedernales... this plan looks like it's going to go on top of the existing airstrip?

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Guest2022Guest24 January 2022 00:14:56

I dont see a problem opening up other parts of DR to tourism.

No point being selfish wanting treasures exclusively.

It is demanded by richer folk to provide new destinations.

DR still has some gems like Punta Rucia which have avoided exploitation to satisfy modern demands.

I still believe a day at Los Patos will exceed any real Dominican experience found in the future in this new resort zone.

Azua has some untouched equal beaches too.

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Guest2022Guest01 February 2022 13:01:50

In pictures: this will be Pedernales in the future

Tourism plan in Cabo Rojo, Pedernales, includes a solar farm

https://www.diariolibre.com/economia/tu … ro/1614592

Yacht Club

Airport

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The energy production in Pedernales is not enough for the mega tourist development project of Cabo Rojo , in that province, promoted by the government of Luis Abinader. That is why the projected plan considers the construction of a solar farm among the sources to diversify the energy matrix of the region.

According to the estimates set forth in the plan, the demand for energy would increase to 72% in the next 20 years, as the hotel projects are developed.

For 2015, the establishments in Pedernales with the largest number of employees estimated that, in percentage terms, spending on salaries ranked second, only behind the cost of electricity, which in some cases represented up to 60% of expenses. totals.

The pages of the book that includes the Cabo Rojo development plan present the dimension of the project. ( DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CABO ROJO, PEDERNALES. )
The Los Cocos Wind Farm is installed in Pedernales , managed by the company EGE Haina, with a nominal capacity of 5.1 MVA (megavolt-ampere).

In the province, which is one of the three poorest in the country, there are also homes that lack electricity or suffer continuous power cuts.

"The power outages, which have decreased in recent years, strongly affect the hospitality link, since it prevents quality service in hotels," indicates the development plan set out by the government in a 377-page book that contains the technical reports of a team of consultants.

The level of radiation in the southwestern region supposes favorable conditions for the development of a solar farm that allows the self-consumption of the tourist complex, which is one of the main objectives in terms of energy. This would complement the existing wind energy production.

In general, the government projects the construction of 12,000 rooms in an intervention of 3,800 hectares. To do this, it promoted the project at the recent International Tourism Fair held in Madrid.

The development plan calculates a medium-term demand for electricity of 11,653 kVA (kilovolt-amperes) per day, considering consumption by 1,600 hotel rooms and a population of 18,316 inhabitants.

The consultants also propose the installation of a water desalination plant in the plan. Also, continue with technical studies. Likewise, they suggest agreeing with the Ministry of Tourism and the Pedernales Municipal Mayor's Office on said Tourism Development Plan, "since the use of the spaces differs from what is contemplated in the territorial ordering plans" of said ministry. And carry out an analysis of tourist load capacity to support the identity of developm

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Guest2022Guest01 February 2022 13:05:35

Big investments need big money.....enter the Qataris.....

Pedernales tourism and agricultural products, in the sights of the Qatari delegation
https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/ … rd/1607741

The Qatari commission that is visiting the Dominican Republic traveled to Pedernales to see directly the ambitious tourism project that the Government has in that demarcation, where it intends to invest more than US$1.3 billion.

The visit to that distant southern town was made this Thursday morning by part of the 12-person delegation that has been in the Dominican Republic since Tuesday. Tomorrow, Friday, there will be an exhibition of the project.

This Thursday afternoon, the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, received the multisectoral team, headed by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, at the Palace . Previously, the vice president and other officials offered them a dinner in the same government house .

"We hope that concrete projects come out of here," said Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez after seeing off the delegation from the Palace. He considered that the fact that the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has sent such a large delegation, "is a good sign of the interest that Qatar has in the Dominican Republic", which, in his opinion, is due to the economic stability , the Government and the location.

During their stay in the country, the local ministers of Industry and Commerce, Energy and Mines, Agriculture, the direction of Pro Dominicana , Civil Aviation have made presentations with the idea of getting visitors from the Middle East to invest in Quisqueyan soil.

"It is a good sign of the interest that Qatar has in the Dominican Republic"
Roberto Alvarez
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Of those lines, the area of agriculture could have the possibility of closing agreements. As the country stands out in the production of greenhouse products, "so there is a great possibility that the Dominican Republic is supplying Qatar with those products that are essential for them ," said Foreign Minister Álvarez.

In the delegation there was also a representative of the airline Qatar Airways Company , since Abinader's goal is for the country to become an air hub for Qatar in the Americas.

The delegation is also made up of Issa bin Mohammed Al Mannai, director of American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Yaser Awad Al-Abdulla, Acting Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Santo Domingo; Salman Nabet Al Khulaifi, President of the Department of South America and the Caribbean at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

They will leave the country in the afternoon of this Friday, January 28.

Cabo Rojo does look like the place for the future in DR with the planned developments attracting a higher spend tourist. The area has it all. Of all the places I have travelled and visited in DR, I have believe the South West is the most beautiful and varied with so many places to visit - and not just a beach and flat lowland areas surrounding. The problem has been is that it is so remote from the rest of the country with limited good hotel accommodation to use as a base for ones stay.

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Guest2022Guest02 February 2022 16:03:17

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Airport to be built in Pedernales would be the third in passenger flow in the DR

https://www.diariolibre.com/economia/tu … os/1616499

They are planning big for this area and Cabo Rojo, with the Pedenales airport projected to have more passengers than Santiago by the fourth phase of the development coming in after Punta Cana and Las Americas only.

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Guest2022Guest02 April 2022 15:00:26

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Progress continues with the development of Cabo Rojo in Pedernales province.

https://noticiassin.com/provincias/gobierno-supervisa-avances-desarrollo-turistico-de-pedernales-1253759

The Minister of the Presidency, Lisandro Macarrulla, and the executive director of the General Directorate of Public-Private Partnerships (DGAPP), Sigmund Freund, have exhausted a two-day agenda in this province starting this Friday, in order to monitor progress of the Pedernales-Cabo Rojo Tourism Development Project, executed by the Government in this area of the country..........

The Pedernales-Cabo Rojo Tourism Development Project is designed to be carried out in four phases, over an average period of 10 years and an estimated investment of US$2,245 million.

In the first phase, an investment of US$1,300 million is stipulated for the construction of 4,700 rooms (which will become 12,000 rooms at the end of the project).

Eight hotels will begin their operations during the opening of this first phase, for which the hotel chains Hilton, Marriot, Sunwing, AmResorts, Iberostar Group and Karisma Hotels & Resort have already signed a letter of commitment to begin the construction of their hotels from mid of this 2022......

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Guest2022Guest02 April 2022 15:05:48

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In another significant development the planned airport will not be where the current Pedernales airport is but will be at Los Tres Charcos which is closer to Oviedo but still within half an hour of the planned Cabo Rojo resorts and so will become a gateway to Barahona province and the beautiful coastline there too.

https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/ … es/1744247

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Guest2022Guest26 May 2022 13:29:42

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Some good news with breaking ground on Cabo Rojo infrastructure projects....

Abinader starts works today in Pedernales

https://listindiario.com/la-republica/2 … pedernales

After concluding his work agenda in Switzerland, President Luis Abinader will travel today to the south of the country to continue the Tourism Development Project of the Pedernales province and provide economic support to national producers.

At 10:30 in the morning, the president will lead the first palazzo for the construction of the Port Cabo Rojo port.

Later, Abinader will lead the act where the start of the hydro-sanitary works of the tourism development project will be given, on the Cabo Rojo highway........

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Guest2022Guest27 May 2022 13:46:35

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Pedernales Project started and already has an opening date

https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/ … ha/1853850

The ambitious development project for the province of Pedernales , whose spearhead is the tourist hub of Cabo Rojo , began its first phase of construction yesterday and on December 15, 2023 it will be ready to receive the first tourists via cruise ships .

In an official act headed by President Luis Abinader, accompanied by several figures from his cabinet who have commanded the project , the start of construction of what will be called Port Cabo Rojo was announced , which will have an investment of 97.3 million dollars through an alliance between the Banco de Reservas and the Mexican company ITM Group, which operates similar facilities in Puerto Plata.

Samuel Pereyra, general administrator of the Banco de Reservas, reported that this financial entity will provide 40 million dollars for the work and the Mexican company the remaining amount, in a port that will have an intensive construction plan and that must be ready to receive the first ships on December 15, 2023........................

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Guest2022Guest19 July 2022 13:53:55

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Cabo Rojo will be able to receive more than 400,000 tourists a year

https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/ … es/1956012

The first phase of the tourism project proposed for the Cabo Rojo area will be able to receive 443,908 guests annually, a daily average of 1,216 tourists per day, while the creation of 8,325 jobs will be required to materialize it, according to the projections of the capacity study of tourist load ordered by the Pro - Pedernales Trust and carried out by the company Russa García y Asociados, of which Diario Libre obtained a copy.

According to the document and as the Government has advanced, the first phase of the Cabo Rojo tourism project will include eight hotels (4,700 rooms) and four eco-hotels -1,100 rooms- for a total of 5,800 rooms.

Capacity projections were determined using a standard metric of 2.5 average guests per room per night.

The letter establishes three criteria for tourist load. The first is physical carrying capacity (CCF), which averages 1,702 guests per night and 621,180 per year. The second is the actual carrying capacity (CCR), which proposes the figure of 1,216 guests per night and 443,908 per year. The third is the handling load capacity (CCM), which projects 1,216 tourists per night and 443,908 per year.........

Lots of new jobs

The data from the study indicate that phase 1 of the project, already underway, will require 8,325 direct jobs to complete it, while some 24,975 indirect jobs will be created, according to estimates.

Of the direct jobs, 32 percent (2,664) will be equipment operators and 25 percent are workers at various levels (2,081). The work will also require 25 percent of mid-level technicians (2,081), 10 percent of first-line management (833), five percent of middle management (416) and three percent of senior management (250).

It is estimated that the entire Cabo Rojo - Pedernales development project creates a total of 18,295 direct and 54,885 indirect jobs in its four phases....................

They call for expressing interest to build a hotel in a tourism project in Cabo Rojo

https://www.diariolibre.com/economia/tu … lacionadas

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Guest2022Guest19 July 2022 13:59:52

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They call for expressing interest to build a hotel in a tourism project in Cabo Rojo

https://www.diariolibre.com/economia/tu … lacionadas

The Tourism Development Trust of the Pedernales Province reported today that it is carrying out activities with a view to carrying out a competitive contracting procedure for the construction of the hotel on lot 10 of the Cabo Rojo Tourism Development Project, Pedernales, for which summoned national and international legal entities to show interest in participating in said process........

Those interested must express their interest within 10 days from today, sending the required requirements to **@*****.do ................

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