Santo Domingo.- The candidate for deputy for constituency 1 of the National District and general secretary of the People's Force in that same town, Rafael Paz, highlighted this Wednesday that the Dominican Republic achieved a milestone after receiving 10 million visitors this year, But now the most important thing is to determine the road map that the country must follow to consolidate the achievements and enhance them in the future.

Due to these statements, Paz presented eight proposals to consolidate and relaunch the participation of the National District in the industry in a competitive manner, including the construction of the Santo Domingo Monorail, the construction of the Fair and Convention Center, in addition to expanding the metro lines. from the Metro to the Las Américas International Airport, among other proposals

Through a statement on his For which we must maintain a double-digit growth rate of the industry.

¨Growing at double digits is arduous and, in addition to the aggressive promotion strategy of the DR as a destination, it is necessary to give new impetus to large investments. Now perhaps with a greater orientation towards niche tourism, without neglecting the transversal ones that have been so useful for us, such as communication routes and airports.

Likewise, among his proposals the townsman included the DN Smart City Plan with the Establishment of the Center for Control and Monitoring of Traffic and Public Spaces; to raise the city's security standards and coordinate the prevention and prosecution of crimes and emergency response, as well as the conclusion of the Rescue and Beautification program of the Colonial City.

In that same order, the general secretary of the People's Force for the capital, explained that within these proposals are also the construction of the Storm Sewer, Sanitary and Services System of the National District, to raise levels of security and resilience to harmful climate effects and also carry out the Golf-DN plan with the promotion of new fields in the city, in addition to a new world-class Baseball Stadium that will allow the celebration of major league matches and a baseball World Cup.

The young politician said that tourism today is, without a doubt, one of the three great pillars that will drive the transition towards national development and economic well-being.

“All this, added to the large existing investment at the hotel, cultural and culinary level, will turn our city into a magnet of high complementarity with other destinations such as Punta Cana, Macao, Miches, Bayahibe and Romana,” said Rafael Paz.

The 8 proposals of Rafael Paz in full

1.- Construction of a Metro Line to the Las Américas International Airport that reduces costs and facilitates safe access to the city. This would democratize access to the airport and put us in line with the main cities in the world.

2.-Construction of the Fair and Convention Center of the City of Santo Domingo that allows us to attract this type of highly profitable and consumer activities.

3.-Construction of the Monorail system in the DN that improves internal mobility and the conclusion of the city's parking system.

4.-DN Smart City Plan with the Establishment of the Control and Monitoring Center for Traffic and Public Spaces of the National District (Eagle Eye) as the operational and logistical brain. This will also allow us to raise the city's security standards and coordinate actions to prevent and prosecute crimes and respond to emergencies.

5.-Conclusion of the Rescue and Beautification Program of the Colonial City and its extension to include the historic sector of San Carlos, an ancient independent city with its own history and cultural traditions of great value.

6.-Construction of the Storm Sewer, Sanitary and Services System of the National District that allows the undergrounding of electrical and telephone cables, and raising our levels of security and resilience in the face of harmful climate effects such as hurricanes and floods.

7.-The construction of a new world-class Baseball Stadium that will allow us to hold major league matches and hold a baseball World Cup.

8.-Golf-DN Plan with the promotion of new courses in the city, since we only have one course in the territory of the DN.