Challenges and opportunities stand out Jarabacoa business sector against tourism

Jarabacoa , Prov. La Vega, RD May 8, 2022.- The Jarabacoa Ecotourism Cluster and the Municipal Development Council held a Business Dinner where representatives of sectors that have a direct action with tourism, such as those of the value chain of production of Jarabacoa, together with the guest Luis Simó, president of the Sustainable Tourism Foundation, discussed the challenges and opportunities of the Jarabacoa business sector regarding tourism.Many of the businessmen present agreed that despite the growth of Jarabacoa and what is being invested in different businesses in the area, the support and attention of the Ministry of Tourism to the needs of Jarabacoa and its tourism products is not felt. , such as the lack of tourist signage, among others, as well as the importance of opening El Salto de Jimenoa, which is an icon of Jarabacoa and a tourist attraction that remains closed, which also has to do with the Ministry of the Environment were part of the call for attention to the competent ministries.

Alba Yris Rodríguez, president of the Ecotourism Cluster, expressed that they have assumed the commitment to promote the sustainable and sustainable organization of the destination and that in recent years Jarabacoa has been the municipality with the highest growth and development in the country, «commercially we are very happy with the amount of visitors who come to our municipality and our businesses, but we are also aware that if we do not generate changes in the territory, in mobility, in order, that can have negative consequences and can put at risk what we have built with so much effort and long for,” he said .Likewise, Rodríguez pointed out that they need to organize the management of the destination in a public-private coordination that has decision-making capacity, that has a technical foundation and that there is an executive management that can promote programs, projects and strategies for the development of Jarabacoa, as well as as well as supporting the development of medium and small local tourism enterprises, «currently there is a diversity and improvement of the growing tourism offer and of course the integration and participation of local actors in the management of this tourism development, that is our proposal» he emphasized . Mr. José Tejeda, coordinator of the Municipal Development Council, had the closing words and thanks confirming the importance of the unification of the business community of Jarabacoa, in favor of generating a strategic plan for municipal tourism development and the Jarabacoa brand, he also communicated on the start of work on the Jarabacoa – La Vega highway.Among the personalities present at the dinner was also Mrs. Yocelyn Durán, Director of the Jarabacoa Environment Office, of the Ministry of Tourism, Henry Mejía, La Vega Provincial Director, Dr. Yikania Pichardo, president of the Municipal Council of Regidores. Jarabacoa, in addition to the representation of the Jarabacoa Mayor’s Office, as well as members of the Ecotourism Cluster board such as Mrs. Francis Caraballo from Jarabacoa River Club, who is treasurer, Lic. Víctor Garrido, Rancho Jarabacoa, secretary and Mrs. Carolina Abreu from Hotel Gran Jimenoa, member.-.