The hotels and restaurants grouped in Asonahores decry the wretched condition of the country’s highways, which they affirm considerably harms the tourism industry.

Its president Haidée Kuret on Thursday said the capital Santo Domingo loses thousands of tourists every year, because the highway to the Bavaro-Punta Cana area, which accounts for more than 50 percent of the visitors, isn’t fit to drive.

She said the tourists in Bavaro and Punta Cana who visit Santo Domingo must leave no later than 7 a.m. from, spend four hours in a bus, two in city tours, more than one hour to eat and later another four more on the return trip. “That tour is not for everyone.”

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