多明尼加共和国宣布，在围绕多名美国游客死亡和塔米·劳伦斯·戴利被殴打的恶劣新闻报道一年后，将建立新的安全协议。这些协议旨在提高住在酒店和度假村的游客的安全和安保，并在紧急情况下提供国际资源。
多米尼加共和国旅游部办公室主任巴勃罗·埃斯皮纳尔在周四接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时解释了这些变化将如何形成。“考虑到过去几个月我们得到的报道数量，我们确实意识到一些游客可能有些担心，”他解释说。
埃斯皮纳尔解释说，半年度酒店、食品和饮料检查将改为季度检查。随着对酒店运营的日益关注，多米尼加共和国的每家酒店都将被要求为客房备有应急卡。每张卡上都有911、旅游警察局和大使馆的联系信息。
棕榈树在海滩上投下长长的阴影。多米尼加共和国是一个受欢迎的旅游目的地，因为它有美丽的海滩。托尼·萨维诺/科比斯/盖蒂
埃斯皮纳尔说，这些变化旨在提高游客的安全，并确保游客在旅行中感到安全。他说:“这实际上只是我们的一种说法，即我们现在不仅是该地区最安全的目的地，而且我们将继续努力保持该地区最安全的目的地”。
自2018年6月以来，多米尼加共和国报告有10名美国游客死亡。联邦调查局领导的毒物学小组目前正在调查三起死亡事件。美国有线电视新闻网6月份公布了全部10例死亡的名单，大多数死亡原因似乎不明。少数游客在报告感觉不舒服后被发现死在酒店房间里。
多米尼加共和国最近也制造了新闻，因为一名妇女说她在酒店遭到殴打、勒死和袭击。周四，这位名叫塔米·劳伦斯·戴利的女士对酒店的母公司——雄伟度假村公司提起了300万美元的诉讼。
劳伦斯-戴利1月份在度假胜地度假，5月份在脸书上详述了她所谓的经历。据《邮报》报道，她声称，当她离开酒店房间去吃夜宵时，被拖进维修室，勒死，殴打，然后等死纽约每日新闻。她还说，当她被发现时，她的丈夫无法认出她，因为她被打得有多惨。
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANNOUNCES NEW SAFETY MEASURES AFTER 10 AMERICAN DEATHS, ALLEGED TOURIST BEATING
The Dominican Republic announced it would instate new safety protocols after a year of bad press surrounding the deaths of multiple American tourists, and the alleged beating of Tammy Lawrence-Daley. The protocols will aim to increase safety and security of tourists staying in hotels and resorts, as well as give access to international resources in case of emergency.
Pablo Espinal, Chief of Staff of the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Tourism, explained how the changes will take form in an interview with CNN, published on Thursday. "Given the amount of coverage that we have gotten over the last couple of months we do recognize that there may be some concern among some of the tourists," he explained.
Espinal explained that semi-annual hotel, food and beverage inspections will be changed to quarterly inspections. Along with the increased attention to hotel operations, each hotel in the Dominican Republic will be required to stock guest rooms with emergency cards. Each card will have the contact information for 911, tourist police services and embassies.
Palm trees cast long shadows over a beach. The Dominican Republic is a popular tourist destination because of its beautiful beaches.TONY SAVINO/CORBIS/GETTY
The changes are intended to increase tourist safety, Espinal said, and ensure tourists feel they're safe in their travels. "This is really just our way of saying not only are we as of today the safest destination in the region, but we are going to continue to work to remain the safest destination in the region," he said.
Since June 2018, 10 American tourist deaths have been reported in the Dominican Republic. Three of the deaths are currently being investigated by a toxicology team lead by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A list of all 10 deaths was published by CNN in June, and most causes of death seem to be unknown. A handful of the tourists were found dead in their hotel rooms after they reported feeling sick.
