2017 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Increase in British tourists 

According to a new report by PUCMM University, called “Bulletin on Travel and Tourism United Kingdom-Dominican Republic” prepared in collaboration with the British Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic (BritCham) and covering the three months from September to November 2017, the number of Britons coming to the country has increased over the past five years.

In 2012, there were 98,288 British visitors and in 2016, the number of British tourists jumped to 165,111. In just the last two years there has been a 16.2% increase in tourists from Britain.

In 2016, the Dominican Republic had a total of 5,134,110 nonresident foreign visitors of which 3.2% were British citizens, putting the country in seventh place of all visiting countries to the DR, and fourth place among European countries.

August had the highest number of British arrivals at 16,988, accounting for 10.3% of the total of the year 2016. February registered the lowest number of arrivals from the UK with 10,756 for 6.5% of the annual total, despite this month being known as the high season for foreign visitations.

The bulletin showed the main places visited were Punta Cana, Bávaro, Juan Dolio, Boca Chica, Altos de Chavón, Sosúa, Cabarete, Samaná and Greater Santo Domingo.

Most of the British arrivals by air come into Punta Cana, followed by Puerto Plata and then Las Americas.

Read more in Spanish:
https://www.diariolibre.com/economia/llegada-de-turistas-britanicos-crece-67-98-en-5-anos-FD8489711

7 November 2017