Real estate tourism is in constant evolution in the country, with large investment-heavy projects, according to the Dominican Association of Tourism Real Estate Companies (ADETI).
As of today, between 65 and 70% of the projects in the sector are real estate tourism, with 10% of them of a mixed nature, that is, including hotels.
According to the executive director of the entity, Michael Lugo Risk, there are about 6 thousand new rooms for this 2024, only in members of the association, which brings together some 15 real estate tourism companies.
He indicated that infrastructure investments exceed 10 billion dollars, plus remodeling of projects.
Regarding the goal of the tourism sector to be sustainable, the president of the entity, Eduardo Read, said that ADETI is supporting “100%” the “green tourism” initiative, so that the activity has an impact with the lowest possible emissions.
He indicated that they are contributing with the use of electric vehicles and with the production of solar energy.
“It is a change of culture, there are projects that are more than 50 years old, and for them to change… of large extensions of 30 and 40 million square meters, it is difficult for them; but little by little we are taking steps”, he said.
He criticized that in many cases they talk about constructions in some destinations considering them as real estate that are not, nor do they comply with the characteristics to do so.
“They call real estate tourism to everything that are apartments, but they do not have a master plan”, he said.
He argued that in the case of ADETI, they do not allow construction without a treatment plant and ecological criteria, according to Acento.
“Buildings of 8 or 14, 20 apartments that are made without ecological criteria without sustainability, but simply to sell it,” he said
Source:Arecoa.com
