According to Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu, the Dominican Republic’s income from tourism, overseas investment and remittances totaled around US$10 billion during the period from January to September 2015
Income from tourism topped the list at US$4.64 billion with remittances at US$3.73 billion and foreign investment at US$1.64 billion.
These figures do not include income from mining exports, which were down 20.8% in the same time period, or industrial exports, down 6.5%, or Free Zone exports which increased by 5%, or farming, up 0.2%, boosted by products such as cocoa beans (up 29.8%) coffee beans (up 7.1%) and bananas (up 1%).
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Updated onUpdated on Oct 28, 2015 at 5:42 PM