The beach at Boca Chica, unlike many others frequented by tourists, is openly public, and the local hotels and businesses have endeavored to encourage a balanced mix of visitors. Mr Aquino says that the area has been under constant expansion with the Hamaca adding 253 new rooms last year, with another 457 planned. Boca Chica Resort also added 52 to its 273 rooms. The average hotel has 30 rooms. The Association now has plans to spruce up the area encouraging residents to paint their houses, now that the streets have been resurfaced, and the pavements are back.
Work is also underway on the improvement of green areas.
Interestingly, the town's restaurants are able to attract many from Santo Domingo who travel to Boca Chica for dinner or have lunch during a weekend outing to the beach. The restaurants have also developed a good enough reputation to be included on the agenda of the tourists staying at the all-inclusive hotels, despite the additional cost. Luis Aquino also said there are many small guest houses, villas and apart-hotels that they have helped provide the restaurants with good turnovers. He added that Boca Chica has the country's highest occupancy rate. He said that most tourists staying there this year come from Britain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Brazil, and Argentina.