The tourism project Brigantine Point It is an initiative supported by the government that seeks to create a new tourist dynamic by converting the aforementioned attraction of the North Coast into an internationally renowned destination, which attracts investments “to revive the Hotel sector in Puerto Platapromoting comprehensive development, with cutting-edge facilities, environmental sustainability and job creation, to provide a new economic boost to the region.”
Information about the project was provided by its executive director, Andres Marranzini, at a meeting in the province.
The development is part of the Government’s plans to relaunch the province’s economy by relying on tourism activity. It is run by a trust headed by the Banco de Reservas and occupies an area of 10 million square metres with a coastline and an environmental setting of great beauty.
Punta Bergantín, strategically located 15 minutes from Puerto Plata, 12 minutes from Sosúa and 8 minutes from the Gregorio Luperón International Airport, promotes the construction of up to 6 five-star hotels, with an offer of 4,500 rooms, plus 1,500 vacation units, 2,500 mixed-use units; and a Marine Village
They have signed agreements to participate in the project Martinon Group whose first Hotel, of the Hyatt “Inclusive Collection” brand, will open this Wednesday, August 21; a Melia which is a joint investment by Meliá International Hotels and the Puntacana Groupa Hilton and a Marriott.
With its focus on community inclusion and environmental and social sustainability, it will promote the development and prosperity of the municipality of Villa de Montellano, which will become a community focused on tourism.
The Punta Bergantín master plan has been designed to preserve natural beauty, with low urban density, combining hotels, recreational areas, horizontal and vertical housing, promoting a first-class real estate and tourist destination for visitors, residents and investors in its various components.
Wetland areas will also be defined and enhanced to increase their biodiversity. This includes planting native flora and fauna, creating trails and viewing points, beautifying the landscape with native gardens. Preservation of the
Wetlands are vital to protecting the complex from flooding, extreme weather events and providing scenic attractions for tourists and residents.
The reef that borders the coast of Bergantín is in a state of degradation due to indiscriminate fishing, sedimentation and scarcity of sea urchins, situations that have affected the health of the reef, whose restoration is a priority to protect the coast and promote tourism.
The project will implement an assisted ecological revitalization plan with marine hatcheries and restoration of corals and bird species to restore the ecosystem.
A necessary change
The province of Puerto Plata and its surroundings have experienced a decline in its tourism industry and Hotel activity during the last two decades, and the Punta Bergantín development is conceived as a consistent strategy to give a new boost to the region, and strengthen the first steps in achieving this objective, which is contributed by the increase in cruise tourism in the area, which last year attracted a record number of 1.7 million visitors.
It has been designed to promote a dynamism that offers an opportunity to boost local tourism and foster the economic development of Puerto Plata by creating thousands of jobs. It is a project that is designed to attract a diversified private investment, including, in addition to Hotel and residential development, an 18-hole golf course, an academic campus aimed at promoting education and innovation, a film studio, and adequate road infrastructure.
