The Dominican Republic received more than 55,000 Peruvian tourists in the first months of 2022

With the arrival of 491,788 tourists in the month of October, Dominican Republic accumulates 6.7 million visitors in 2022 at the end of the first 10 months of the year, which allows said destination to continue setting historical records in the sector. According to data from the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, of that total, 56,658 have arrived, by air, from Peru, which is equivalent to 72.3% more than in the same period of 2019.

Even, according to a survey carried out, the level of satisfaction with the experience lived in the Dominican Republic by Peruvians is 4.4 out of 5, a result “Outstanding”.

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The Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, David Collado, assured that “It is the second consecutive October that we break records, something truly historic.”

With respect to the pre-pandemic period, the increase was 32% more than in October 2019 “with the arrival of 119,582 more tourists than at that time”added Collado. On that date, a total of 372,205 arrivals were registered, while two years later, in October 2021, 443,016 visitors arrived. That is, 48,771 less than in October of this year.

In the first 10 months of this year, almost 57,000 residents of Peru have traveled to that country.

Of the 6.7 million tourists recorded in the first ten months of the year, just over 5.8 million arrived by plane, 8.7% more than in the same period of 2019. In addition, almost 900,000 did so by sea, around 64,000 more than in same period of 2019 (88,178 in October, 36% more than in the same month of 2019), which confirms the recovery of the cruise industry, which also received a strong impact from the pandemic.

This tourist activity has meant an important income of foreign currency for the Caribbean country. “In the first 10 months of this year the arrival of visitors has generated 7,278 million dollars for our economy”Collado explained. In October, the contribution was 517 million dollars and by the end of 2022 the Ministry expects that revenues from tourism will exceed 8,000 million.

Last May, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recognized the Dominican Republic as the number one country in the world in the recovery of tourism. At that time, Minister David Collado affirmed that he would continue to spare no efforts to increase said recovery. “because the multiplier effect of social and economic well-being of tourism is reflected in the smile of each Dominican”.

Recently, the company ForwardKeys, dedicated to intelligence linked to the world of travel at a global level, presents the Dominican Republic as the destination that has best behaved with respect to the pre-pandemic in relation to the arrival of international visitors in the world. this year.