The Dominicans Research Paper

¬¬¬In Torres Saillant’s article New York Dominican Writers, the number of political writers and the number of female writers call my attention. I was aware Dominican presence in the United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century (¬¬¬Torres-Saillant 148). Dominican writers come to the United States in the first place because the parents’ desire to be expose their children to “American spirit” or it was to escape Trujillo’s violent regime (¬¬¬Torres-Saillant 147). To Dominican Republic, United States was considered freedom and riches. For example, in Pedro Henriquez Urena’s poems about live in New York, he writes how having the ability to take vacations back to Dominican Republic in the summer show class privilege (¬¬¬Torres-Saillant

The first instance of colonialism forced upon the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic was the “discovery” by Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492. Ernesto Sagas and Orlando Inoa presented the interaction in their book The Dominican People: A Documentary History. The confrontation between these two diametrically opposed cultures proved to be “far from equal; the Amerindians’ Stone Age culture was no match for European military technology. The initial encounter took place on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, part of which is now the Dominican Republic” (Inoa pg. 1). This was the first step in a trek through five and a half centuries of Dominican Republic history, and unfortunately much of it was filled with

Tourism is a dynamic and competitive industry that requires the ability to adapt constantly to customers' changing needs and desires, as the customer’s satisfaction, safety and enjoyment are particularly the focus of tourism businesses. In her book Rosalie Schwartz defines tourists as “sedentary people who leave home for pleasure and intend to return.” But “leisure creates work, it requires the work from others to ensure tourists find the pleasure they’re looking for.” Schwartz thesis in the book is that tourism in Cuba completely changed the social and economic aspect of the island; the author focuses in three tourist peaks in Cuba starting in 1920s, 1950s, and finally the 1980s.

Jamaica Kincaid addresses the reader as a tourist in her book A Small Place. Throughout the book her sarcasm and resentment towards the postcolonial state of the country cannot be missed. She exposes the “ugliness” of tourism, she writes, “The thing you have always suspected about yourself the minute you become a tourist is true: A tourist is an ugly human being” (14). Kincaid points to the fact that the tourists (European and American) and the tourism industry are morally ugly. The first section of her book displays how tourism uses the natives and the country as sources of pleasure for the tourists as they make their way to their hotel, they watch in awe at the condition of the country. Kincaid writes, “They [Antiguans] are too poor to escape the reality of their lives; and they are too poor to live properly in the place where they live, which is the very place you, the tourist, want to go—they envy your ability to turn their own banality and boredom into a source of pleasure for yourself” (19). The tourists do not see, and perhaps do not want to see the reality of this picturesque island they are vacationing on. Kincaid writes, “[Y]ou needn’t let that slightly funny feeling you have from time to time about exploitation, oppression, domination develop into full-fledged unease, discomfort; you could ruin your holiday” (10). This mirrors the mindset of not only tourists, but of the past and current exploiters who do not see the suffering and damage they cause, but

The Dominican Republic is the right example in the Caribbean for a relative late tourism development. In comparison with other island destinations, the Dominican Republic was politically affected and became unstable (Freitag, 1994: 538).

The emergence of tourism has been a necessary industry to accomplish the promises of the country. “Historically, Cuba was the quintessential pleasure destination for U.S. travelers, who came to escape cold winters.” (Cabezas, 2009, p. 43). Cuba travel and tourism and the resurgence of jineteras within the island has changed. The Cuban tourism increased after 1898, following U.S. occupation in 1898. It follows the tourism developments that marked Cuba during the Twentieth Century. Things change after the embargo, Cuba became the place where tourists travel from the US to support their families after the embargo was settled. Presently, jineterismo forms part of the daily life of many women in Cuba, were health hazards, abuse and violence turn out to be part of their daily

The main beach in Los Cristianos is Playa de los Cristianos, but the neighboring beach of Playa de Las Vistas is the more popular of the two. Las Vistas is a 1km crescent of soft, golden sand imported from the Sahara Desert. A southward location and breakwaters built along the sides ensure a calm and shallow crystal blue water, perfect for little swimmers. There is a lifeguard on watch and plenty of activities for the active beachgoer, including volleyball nets, banana boats, jet skis and parasailing. Sunbathers will appreciate the abundance of lounge chairs and sunshades, and perhaps a cool drink from one of the beachside bars. Restaurants, ice cream kiosks and public restrooms make Playa de Las Vistas a convenient and family-friendly

The author Jamaica Kincaid talks about her hatred for tourist and how they take breaks from their world to come relax in another. These tourists only expect to see the beauty in the places they visit but they do not take in account all the hard work that locals do in their everyday life. As a result, locals have begun to feel hatred towards the tourists. They envy the fact that tourists are lucky enough to visit these types of places yet the locals will not have the chance to explore these other worlds and be tourists.

Despite Hotel Escargot's long history of good services, the hotel's service providers are relatively ignorant about client's cultural values. To date Escargot's authorities have paid little attention to the role of good client-host understanding in the tourism development

As mentioned above, the first missionaries who arrived in Taiwan were Dominicans. They brought with them a considerable experience of evangelization, arriving as protagonists of the “Chinese Rites Controversy”. The Chinese Rites Controversy erupted in the 17th century and was not resolved until the 20th century, when Pope Pius XII issued an instruction entitled Plane compertum est, which allowed Chinese Catholics to participate in civil ceremonies honoring Confucius and the familial dead.

The Dominican Center at Marywood in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has a variety of art peppered through the halls, dated as far back as the mid 1800s. The center’s art is mostly created by the Dominican sisters. The Center also maintains a Sculpture Garden and a Prairie Habitat, both nature-walks through the woods and around the pond. Much of the art did not tell of the history, in fact, some pieces the artist was unknown, even so, the Dominican art is worth exploring.

We could see how the service sector has boosted the country’s stance in the Caribbean and has promoted recognition world wide. Much of the countries focus is now towards increasing their tourism as it is a large percept of the countries GDP. Investors look at this sector a see potential to do business with eh Dominican Republic. The Dominican government looks at these opportunities and capitalized those relationships for the growth of the country as a whole. Tourism has become an asset that has catapulted the Dominican Republic

For a tourism friendly location there must be roads, visitor centers, and hotels (Simm, n.d.). These cost fall on the government, which comes out of tax revenues (Simm, n.d.). As recently mentioned jobs created by

Making a change in a person’s life can be exciting. Visiting a new country, moving to a new house, trying new foods, being exposed to different languages, getting to know new people as well as cultures, are experiences that everybody has on their bucket list. However, doing it all at once to adopt a new lifestyle can be too much for a teenager.

I thought going back to the Dominican Republic for a second year would feel like being the parents on Christmas morning: you get to watch everyone else’s reaction to the stuff you’ve already seen, and you just get to sit back and help throw away the wrapping paper. I thought I had, in a way, already had my transformative moment; I was there to see my Dominican friends again, to help my HGP friends experience the trip, and to do some good for the people of the Dominican Republic.