The impact of Covid-19 on Dominican tourism is clear. While as of November 2019 non-resident air arrivals to the Dominican Republic were 5,821,768, this 2020 as of November, only 2,056,856 air arrivals have come. This is a 65% decline compared to last year. Central Bank statistics say that Dominicans living abroad made up 58% of the total arrivals.
The numbers do not include cruise ship arrivals travelers. Maritime travel collapsed in March and has not resumed yet.
As reported, non-resident air arrivals in November 2020 was 175,100 (101,834 foreigners and 73,266 Dominicans), 38% of the stats for November 2019. The Central Bank say that the November numbers continue to show a gradual recovery of the sector. Nevertheless, it reports that source markets abroad are significantly affected by the spread of Covid-19. The forecast is that arrivals will continue to be conditioned by the global evolution of the pandemic and the effectiveness of vaccination programs.
Of the total air arrivals, 63.1% were from North America (United States, Canada and Mexico), 22.8% from Europe, 10.2% from South America, 3.5% from Central America and the Caribbean, and 0.4% from the rest of the world.
There were declines in air arrivals from the United States (-1,444,325), Canada (-434,375), Argentina (-136,932), Germany (-130,064), France (-124,352), United Kingdom (-116,836), Russia (-113,125) and Spain (-1112,960), among others.
Punta Cana International Airport received 846,722 arrivals, Las Americas International (Santo Domingo) 324,878, Puerto Plata 141,605, Cibao (Santiago) 97,757, La Romana 65,347, Samaná 25,597 and Isabela (Santo Domingo) 11,356.
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Central Bank
28 December 2020