Dominican Republic achieves its best June ever in terms of tourist arrivals

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Dominican Republic noted Monday that 644,861 tourists visited the country last June, the highest number of visitors recorded by statistics for that month in the entire history of local tourism.

That number of tourists represents a 9.9% growth compared to June 2018 and a 9.8% rise compared to 2019, before the pandemic, Dominican Tourism Minister David Collado said in a document.

Collado also released that 3,547,142 tourists visited the country in the first half of the year, “bringing in around US$4 billion” to the economy.

For the official, these “achievements” of the sector are the product of the “joint effort” of the public and private sectors. He informed that hotel occupancy is over 71% in general terms, and the length of stay is ten days.

The airports that received the highest flow of visitors were those of Punta Cana, in the eastern part of the country, and Las Américas, in Santo Domingo.

Collado affirmed that the sustained growth in the arrival of visitors is not only by air but also by sea.

In that order, he assured that 72,689 cruise passengers visited the Dominican Republic last June, representing a 25% increase compared to the same period in 2019.

Collado guaranteed that in the months to come, tourism would continue to reach “blue numbers” and predicted that this year would close with more than 7 million visitors, “a historical figure in the arrival of tourists to the Dominican Republic”.

Last May, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) recognized the Dominican Republic for its “exemplary” tourism recovery after covid-19.

The Dominican Republic became the number one country in the recovery of the sector, said the secretary-general of the WTO, the Georgian Zurab Pololikashvili, in a ceremony where he presented a recognition plaque to the president of the country, Luis Abinader, and Minister Collado.

With information from EFE

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