David Collado reported that only in November the RD received 571,354 tourists, who generated more than 532 million dollars in foreign currency.
the minister david collado He affirmed that Dominican tourism continues to reach “extraordinary” record figures by achieving the visit of almost 7.5 million people in the first eleven months of this year, also generating US$7.8 million in foreign currency, in the same period according to the estimates that should be be confirmed by the central bank later.
In his already traditional monthly press conference to give the results of the behavior of the sector, the official reported that last month was the best month of November in history since the country received 571,354 tourists by air, 109,489 tourists more than those who arrived in the same month of November of the year 2019, which represents an increase of 24 percent.
“In November we did it again, we reached record numbers in the visit of 571,354 tourists only by air, which means an increase in arrivals of 24 percent compared to November 2019. It is a true success story month after month ”highlighted Collado.
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He reported that of the 571,354 tourists who arrived in the country last month, 476,647 were foreigners and 94,707 non-resident Dominicans.
“With the arrival of Dominicans residing outside the country, we registered a growth of 20 percent compared to November 2019 and with the visit of foreigners we exceeded 12 percent in growth,” said the Minister of Tourism.
He indicated that in the period January-November the country received 6,397,444 touristscompared to the 5,821,768 that arrived in the same eleven months of the year, for a growth of 9.8% over 2019.
Collado also highlighted the growth that has been registered in the arrival of cruise passengers, registering the visit of 195,270 in November, compared to 111,128 in the same month of 2019.
In the period January-November, 1,085,606 cruise passengers arrived in the country, compared to the 948,118 who visited us in the same period of 2019.
“If we add the 571,354 tourists who arrived by air and the 195,270 who came via cruise ships, we are talking about the historic figure of 766,624 visitors in the month of January. If that is not a record, tell me what it is”, the official asked himself at the press conference, which took place in the Great Hall of the Embajador hotel.
Likewise, Collado highlighted that in the first eleven months of this year the Dominican Republic received 6,397,444 visitors by air, as well as another 1,085,606 excursionists, which represents the visit of 7,483,050 people in the period January-November.
