In recent years, among the Dominican Republic and Venezuela A constant flow of arrival and exit of passengers has been maintained, with figures that exceeded 120,000 annual travelers several times.
However, this pattern has been drastically interrupted between 2024 and 2025 due to the suspension of air operations Between both countries.
According to Official recordsin 2019 166,616 passengers between the two nations were mobilized, while, in 2020, despite the pandemic, 49,206 were reported. In the following years, the flow recovered: 125,881 passengers in 2021, 135,917 in 2022 and 141,890 in 2023.
In 2024, before interruption of flights, 72,675 payment passengers were recorded. However, since July 31 of that year, air operations between Dominican Republic and Venezuela They are suspended, which has significantly impacted the exchange between the two nations, according to the data of the Civil Aviation Board (Jac).
The suspension of flights It has limited not only the mobility of people, but also the commercial, tourist and family dynamism that for years has characterized bilateral relations.
Dominican authorities have not officially announced when operations could be restored. However, at present, the Dominican Republic is in the process of analysis to decide on an eventual Flight resumption commercials towards the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Trade
He Commercial exchange between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic in 2019 and 2024 reaches 326.4 million dollars, according to the data of the Export and Investment Center of the Dominican Republic (Prodominicana).
The balance is inclined in favor of Venezuela With 186.8 million dollars, a difference of 47.3 million. In those years, exports Dominican to that country in South America are located at 139.5 million dollars.
- During the year 2024, Commercial exchange It amounted to 47.9 million dollars, representing Dominican exports about 13.6 million and imports 34.3 million dollars.
Investment of Venezuela In the Dominican Republic
In the universe of the Direct foreign investment (FDI), the Dominican Republic was a receiver of 343.6 million dollars as an investment that had as its origin Venezuela. That capital was received between 2019 and 2024.
Some cases in Santo Domingo
In the last two decades, the Dominican Republic has established itself as an attractive destination for direct foreign investment in strategic sectors such as tourism, commerce, entertainment and health.
Emblematic establishments such as Blue MallSambil and the Abreu Clinic of Venezuelan capital invested in the Dominican Republic.
Opened on August 10, 2010, Blue Mall Santo Domingo was conceived as a high profile shopping center, located at the intersection of Winston Churchill and Gustavo Mejía Ricart avenues, in the exclusive Piantini sector.
The work was executed by the Verutini Companies Group and associates, a Venezuelan signing firm in alliance with Dominican investors. The investment amounted to about 98 million dollars, aimed at creating a luxury commercial space that houses international brands and prestigious restaurants.
Sambil
Another important contribution of Venezuelan capital It is Sambil Santo Domingo, inaugurated on May 30, 2013. It is part of the Sambil Group, a company with more than six decades of experience in the development of shopping centers in VenezuelaCuracao, Spain and, now, in the Dominican Republic.
Since its opening in 2012, Sambil has transformed the concept of shopping centers In the country by offering an experience that combines more than 250 commercial establishments, gastronomy, entertainment and cultural activities.
“From our opening in 2012 in the Dominican Republic, we have opted to offer the Dominicans a space for purchases, entertainment and social life of the first level, contributing to the economic dynamism of the country,” he said María EthleeMarketing Manager of Sambil.
He stressed that, with a Focus on sustainability And innovation, the center has registered in the last six months a growth in the flow of visitors of up to 19 % compared to the same period of the previous year.
In addition, it has generated more than 2,000 direct and indirect jobs, strengthening the local economy and consolidating as a reference point in the urban life of Santo Domingo.
Abreu Clinic
In the health sector, the transformation of The Abreu Clinic It marks an important milestone in the country’s hospital modernization.
Since 2010, The Global CDD Groupled by the Venezuelan doctor Dr. Wilson Mourad, has been responsible for the technological evolution of the institution, integrating advanced practices such as robotic surgery da Vinci, nuclear medicine and latest generation diagnostic systems.
This group, with a presence in several Latin American countries, has turned the clinic into a regional reference into high complexity medical services, contributing to the positioning of the Dominican Republic as an emerging pole of Medical Tourism.
