From January to October, more than 5.8 million tourists they contributed to the economy 7,278 million dollars and the figure is expected to exceed 6.72 million by the end of this 2022, the Minister of Tourism, David Collado.
He reported that 5.8 million visitors arrived in the country between January-October of this 2022, of which more than half a million correspond to arrivals in the past month.
When submitting your monthly report on the performance of the sightseeingCollado indicated that only in October some 579,965 people visited the country, of which 85% correspond to foreign visitors.
the minister of Tourism specified that, of the visitors registered in the past month, 491,787 were tourists who stayed in traditional hotels in the different tourist areas of the country. While 88,178 were hikers who preferred nature.
foreign exchange per sightseeing
When disaggregating the comparative data, he explained that “it is the second consecutive October that we break records, something truly historic how each month in the figures of the behavior of the sightseeing”, which highlights the country’s ability to attract new visitors.
The official stated that the foreign exchange generated in October reached more than 517 million dollars and it is expected that by the end of 2022 the accumulated amount of income from that economic branch will reach 8.4 billion dollars,” the official stated.
Cruise ships
Collado said that of the 491,788 tourists who arrived in the country in October, 88,178 did so through trips in cruise shipswhich has contributed to the economic dynamism of the provinces where the ports are located in the country.
He highlighted that 13 new lines of cruise shipsamong them the arrival of the Allure of the Seas, the Royal Caribbean, considered one of the ships of cruise ships largest in the world and the largest that arrived in the country in November.
