Study Area The study area belongs to Haiti’s southern coast and it is comprised by the South and Southeast Provinces. Les Cayes, capital city of the South Province, is located on 18º 12’ 0’’ and 73º 45’ and 07’’ latitude and west longitude, respectively and; Jacmel, capital city of the Southwest Province, is located on 18°13’59.88’’ North and 72°31’59.88’’ West, respectively.
For the purposes of this program, note that different levels of information analysis are covered, depending on information availability for each topic. Research was conducted in provinces, municipalities, cities and in specific cases, some properties were analyzed in detail. Likewise, and in order to make the results and proposals more explicit, the coastline from Port Salut and Jacmel will be referred to as the Tourist Corridor of Haiti’s Southern Region.
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