From January to October, more than 5.8 million tourists that contributed 7,278 million dollars to the economy and the figure is expected to exceed 6.72 million by the end of 2022, the Minister of Finance reported today. Tourism, David Collado.
The number of visitors who arrived during the period January-October this year exceeded by one 32% the statistics during the same time of 2019, thanks to the positioning that the country has achieved in quality and diversification of the services offered by the various actors that intervene in the Dominican tourism sector, Collado considered.
The minister stressed that despite the passage of the hurricane fiona and the decline in arrival of tourists during the first months of the year, due to the pandemic caused by the COVID-19followed by the war between Russia and Ukraine, the sightseeing continues to beat his own record.
“The cruise industry is also registering notable growth with the arrival of 88,178 visitors in the month of October.”Tourism Minister.
In that order, he specified that, for the second consecutive October, the Dominican Republic returned to break records on the arrival of visitors. “We did it again and in what way, with the arrival of 119,582 more tourists than in 2019,” she said.
Visitors in October
When submitting your monthly report on the tourism performanceCollado indicated that of the total number of visitors registered during the first ten months of this 2022, 579,965 they arrived only in October, of which 85% correspond to foreign visitors.
He said that with the arrival of tourists, an economic impact is generated for the country. “In October alone, the arrival of visitors generated more than 517 million in foreign currency and it is expected by the end of 2022 that the amount of income from that economic branch will reach 8,400 millions of dollars.
the minister of Tourism He specified that of the visitors registered in the past month, 491,787 they were tourists who stayed in traditional hotels in the different tourist areas of the country. While 88,178 they were hikers who preferred nature.
When disaggregating the comparative data, he explained that “it is the second consecutive October that we have broken records, something truly historic how each month in the figures of the tourism behavior”, which highlights the country’s ability to attract new visitors.
cruise ship arrival
One of the segments of sightseeing that presented the best development during this 2022 is the Marine transportimpacting the economy of the localities where visitors arrive who use boats to move to different destinations, including the Dominican Republic.
About the arrival of visitors by cruise shipsthe official explained that of the 491,788 tourists who arrived in the country in October, 88,178 they did it through cruise trips, which has contributed to the economic dynamism of the provinces where the ports are located in the country.
On the first of November he arrived at Taino Bay Tourist Port the cruise Allure of the Seasthe Royal Caribbean, considered one of the largest cruise ships in the world and the largest with 5,822 tourists who spent an average of 100 dollars per person.
