DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Tourism Minister David Collado announced that July 2025 is another historic month for Dominican tourism. Some 863,785 tourists arrived at the different airports around the country. Added to that number are 189,051 cruise passengers, for a monthly total of 1,052,836 visitors, an all-time high for July. This represents a 3.4% increase compared to last year and 12% more than July 2023.

The country’s total arrivals are now more than 7.1 million tourists for the first seven months of the year. The DR is the leader in arrivals in the Caribbean and Central America. The DR is only second to Mexico in arrivals in Latin America.

According to Collado, from January to July 2025, the country received a total of 7,197,844 visitors, marking a 3.2% increase over the same period in 2024, a 14% rise compared to 2023, and an impressive 49% jump from 2019 — the last full pre-pandemic year.

During an event held at a Santo Domingo hotel, Minister Collado explained that 5,377,878 tourists...