Tourism Minister David Collado reported on Tuesday, 6 June 2023 that 757,921 people visited the Dominican Republic in May 2023, bringing to 4,503,396 the number of arrivals in the first five months of the year, a figure never seen before in the history of Dominican tourism.
In his now customary monthly press conference to announce the behavior of tourism industry statistics, Minister Collado said that in May the country received 621,547 tourists by air, 11% more than in 2022 and 18% more than in pre-pandemic 2019.
He reported, also, that in May the country received 136,374 cruise passengers, surpassing the 57,385 that arrived 2022 and the 55,694 in 2019.
“If we add the 621,547 air arrivals to the 136,374 cruise passengers we will have that in the month of May 757,921 people visited us, something never seen in the history of Dominican tourism,” said Minister Collado.
The official said that in his administration, the growth of tourism has been sustained, after pointing out that in the first five months of this year there were 3,379,357 air arrivals. Add to that the 1,124,039 cruise passengers, “something never seen before”.
“This means that the Dominican Republic received 4,503,396 visitors in only five months, something truly extraordinary, something never seen before in the history of Dominican tourism. We did it again,” said Collado.
The Minister of Tourism estimates that by the end of the year, the Dominican Republic will receive, by air alone, 7.9 million tourists, the highest number of visitors in history.
During the monthly statistical update, he reported that in May most tourists came from the Americas. United States travelers were 51.5%, Canadians 11.4%, Colombians 4.2%, Argentineans 4.1% and French tourists 1.3%.
The airports that received the highest number of visitors last month were Punta Cana with 59.4%, Las Americas (Santo Domingo) with 25.7%, Cibao (Santiago) with 11.4%, Puerto Plata with 2% and Catey (Samana) and Casa de Campo (La Romana) with 0.5%.
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Noticias SIN
13 June 2023