The statisticians who compile the figure need to advise you........but you can find a number of that magnitude if you 'Google' DR tourism as percentage of GDP. It was 7.7% in 2013.........I'm sure there are numbers for 2014 which should be higher...... but be mindful with the Barrick renegotiated deal the mining percentage would have moved upwards and affected other percentages
they don?t need to advise me. i read the numbers, and they make zero sense. here is why
the nominal GDP of the DR is roughly 60 billion. therefore, by the number of 8%, then the DR receives 5 billion from tourism expenditure.
last year, the DR received 5 million tourists. therefore, the average spend per head is 1000 dollars.
let us factor leakage into the equation. the average leakage for tourism in the region is 79%. for each dollar a tourist spends on a caribbean vacation, 79 cents leak out, by different means. so, the 5 billion represents 21% of the money visitors spend.
that means that each visitor spends nearly 5 thousand dollars on his vacation, including hotel, airfare, and hospitality.
i don?t believe it.