Close to the Haitian border, Pedernales Province boasts white-sand beaches but has attracted few tourists.
Photographer: Marco Bello/BloombergPristine Beaches and Cruises: A New Caribbean Vacation Spot Emerges
A new international airport, cruise port and hotel hub aim to transform a poor stretch of coast into the Caribbean’s next big destination.
The Dominican Republic is gambling it can turn one of its poorest and most remote regions — home to wild goats, a defunct bauxite mine and little else — into one of the Caribbean’s hottest tourist destinations.
Built from scratch near the Haitian border, the Pedernales-Cabo Rojo tourism project now under construction will include 12,000 hotel rooms, an international airport, a marina, a seaside promenade, and roads, sewage and electricity infrastructure to handle millions of visitors per year.