The slump in air bookings and increases in flight cancellations to the Dominican Republic that coincided with media coverage of tourist deaths in the country appears to be reversing, according to ForwardKeys. From 1 June to 2 July, air bookings from the United States to the Dominican Republic for July and August had fallen by 84.4%, when compared to the equivalent period in 2018, ForwardKeys said. But now the publication reports that by 26 June, bookings were again exceeding cancellations.
FowardKeys also found wavering interest in the Caribbean destinations that seemed to be benefiting from the Dominican Republic’s decline: the recent increases in air bookings to Jamaica, Bahamas and Aruba fell starting 26 June. Jamaica, for example, which had experienced a 54.3% year-over-year increase in bookings 17 to 25 June, was only up 13.4% from 26 June to 2 July. The Bahamas was up 45.3% 17-25 June but up 13.3% from 26 June to 2 July.
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9 July 2019