President Abinader gives Infotep Guarocuya hotel to turn it into a tourist school

President Luis Abinader handed over to the National Institute for Professional Technical Training (Infotep), the historic Hotel Guarocuya in the Barahona province, where the Guarocuya Tourist School Hotel Technology Center will be installed, to train the human capital that will work in the development of tourism in the Pearl of the South as it is known and of the entire southern region.

The president stressed that with the new infrastructure, Infotep’s own facilities and the services that this important institution provides in the country would be tripling.

He added that now Barahona is going to have such facilities, not only with the hotel part, but also, it will help in the technological part because in the development of the entire tourist area, personnel with these capacities will be required.

The head of state indicated that it is a cohesive plan that, in addition to technical and professional development, includes the road infrastructure that the region demands.

“With the highway that we are building from Barahona to Enriquillo and from Enriquillo to Pedernales, it is a revolution in real terms that we have here in the south,” he said.

President Abinader stated that what has been explained are the plans that are working to create jobs and the infrastructure that can sustain jobs.

He expressed that the installation will not only have the support of Infotep, but that a major hotel company will also collaborate in the administration of the hotel to work together on the training of students.

“Now with education, with infrastructure, with jobs, we have changed from the vicious circle to the virtuous circle of development,” he stressed.

In this sense, the general director of Infotep, Rafael Santos Badía, affirmed that the center is another milestone and a timely example of the initiatives that President Abinader is preparing to promote the development of the southern part of the country.

He added that, located in an ideal enclave such as Barahona, this center will facilitate the training of some 21,000 human resources from the hospitality and tourism industry, as well as competent technicians from the entire region.

“We will be preparing human talent for the South, anticipating the needs of companies and tourist centers, hotels, restaurants, entertainment centers and commercial companies that produce goods and services that arise and will continue to grow as a result of the investments that are already beginning to be carried out throughout the area,” he said.

On his side, the Minister of the Presidency, Joel Santos, affirmed that the government headed by President Luis Abinader is placing special emphasis on professional technical training, above all, due to its great importance in generating jobs.

He reported that the Barahona tourism training center will function as a school hotel and will provide training services in person, virtual and semi-face-to-face.

«The training will have as its main axis the Dual Training, a modality of the teaching-learning process, which can be carried out in coordination with the companies, in such a way that the apprentice applies what he learns in real situations, under conditions and interactions with others, such as part of the company, which makes it easier for them to reach a level of development in a job”, he indicated.