Most people would say that Dominican tourism is growing by “leaps and bounds,” however with the Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia announcing a near 17% growth in April 2017, there does not seem to be many leaps, but a single, very large, bound.
According to the minister and his press release: “April was an exceptional month of national tourist growth. The numbers are a pleasant surprise, thanks to the efforts of the public and private sectors. He said that besides the 16.8% growth that represents only foreign visitors in April, the non-resident Dominicans reached a 15% growth rate.
García told reporters from the Diario Libre that these numbers are only surpassed by growth that occurred in May, 2014 that was 17.15%, and that of September 2015 that reached 16.70%. He said that in April the country received a total of 557,519 nonresident individuals, 72,700 more than last year, representing an increase of 15%.
The minister noted that tourists from Russia, the United States, Canada, Spain, Colombia, Panama and Argentina contributed the most to the double-digit increase. So far this year the United States heads the list of the most foreign visitors, followed by Canada, Germany, Russia, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Venezuela and Colombia.
11 May 2017
