With a total of 948,582 visitors foreigners in January This year, the tourism sector once again registers “historic figures” in the arrival of passengers, which translates into economic growth for the country.
Yesterday he Ministry of Tourism (Mitur) presented its monthly report on the behavior of the sector, in which it highlighted the arrival of 674,737 tourists nonresidents: 568,516 foreign and 106,221 Dominicans who live abroad.
The document contains comparative data on the arrival of passengers by air during each month of January in the last six years. In this 2023the flow increased 27%going from 530,957 in 2022 to 674,737 this year.
Impact in 11 months
the minister david collado detailed how impact the tourist flow in the Dominican homeswhich is why the government insists on boosting the hotel industry to attract more visitors.
Of January to November In 2022, the tourism sector contributed 546,712 million pesos to the gross domestic product (GDP), representing 9.1%, he reported.
Tourism is a transversal sector that develops hand in hand with other sectors such as agriculture, transport and services, among others. In 11 months, 511,815 were generated jobs and some 70,941 were enabled bedrooms by the flow of tourists, highlighted Collado.
He stressed that, in addition to the contributions to the treasury which represented 6.2% of total income, visitors generated 7,208 million dollars in foreign currency in that period.
