The Dominican Republic has receives 3.2 million visitors in the first three months of the year.
Tourism Minister David Collado says that in March 2024 alone the Dominican Republic received 1,104,270 visitors. Collado reported that visitors in March alone were 16% more than in the same month last year. The monthly total for March is a new high. In March, 836,502 visitors arrived by air and 267,768 by sea.
The Dominican Republic continues to surpass its visitor arrival record, reaching 3,225,484 visitors in the first quarter of this year.
“We continue to reach spectacular figures: 1,104,270 visitors last month, which gives us the magic number 3,226,484 in the first three months of this year, something never seen in the history of Dominican tourism,” said Minister Collado when presenting the stats for March during an activity in Punta Cana.
The official stated that the arrival of 836,502 tourists by air last month is only comparable to the Christmas season.
He expressed that this figure reflects a growth of 13% compared to March of last year, 35% compared to 2022 and 24% compared to 2019.
He explained that the countries that contributed the most tourists were the United States with 49%, Canada with 23%, Colombia and Argentina contributed 3%.
The airports that received the largest number of tourists were Punta Cana with 61%, Las Américas (Santo Domingo) 21%, Cibao (Santiago) 10%, Puerto Plata 7% and La Romana with 1%.
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Ministry of Tourism
23 April 2024