The Hotel Association and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Asonahores) highlighted the outstanding results achieved by the national tourism sector in the year 2025.
“Between 2020 and 2025the Dominican Republic has registered a top growth that of all the countries of Central America and the Caribbean, reaffirming the solidity of its tourist model and the effectiveness of public and private policies aimed at the development of the sector,” the entity indicated in a press release.
As a result, he highlighted that the country has increased its participation in the regional tourist flowreaching 12% of the total tourists visiting Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, compared to 9% registered in 2019.
The Board of Directors of Asonahores and its past presidents highlighted that the tourism Dominican continues breaking records year after year, driven by a diversified offerhigher levels of air connectivity, sustained investments and high standards of quality and safety.
“In this context, the arrival of tourists by airway has grown at a constant rate of more than 5%, surpassing the performance of previous years, when growth remained below that threshold,” indicates the institution.
“These results confirm that the Dominican Republic has not only recovered, but has strengthened its regional leadership, becoming a benchmark for sustained growthresilience and tourism competitiveness,” he added.
The association reiterated its commitment to continue working alongside the authorities and the actors of the private sector To maintain this path of growth, strengthen the sustainability of the tourism and continue generating employment, investment and well-being for all Dominicans.
The figures for 2025
The Dominican Republic received 11.6 million visitors in 2025a record number for the tourism of the country, according to Ministry of Tourism. Last year’s visitor arrival It represented a growth of 37.8% compared to 2022, 13.3% more than in 2023 and 4.3% above than in 2024.
- For the airwayAccording to the official, 8.8 million visitors arrived, while 2.8 million arrived by cruise ship. In the month of December alone, the country received more than 1.3 million visitors, which is 14.2% more than in 2024.
The countries that contributed the most visitors were USACanada, Argentina and Colombia. Meanwhile, the airports that received the most tourists in the year just ended They were Punta Cana with 51%, Las Américas (28%), Cibao (12%), Puerto Plata (4%), el Higüero (2.5%) and La Romana (2.5%).
