{"id":154760,"date":"2021-03-11T06:34:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T10:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=154760"},"modified":"2021-03-11T09:02:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T13:02:32","slug":"travel-is-on-everyones-mind-tourism-minister-says-travel-stats-in-march-look-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/11\/travel-is-on-everyones-mind-tourism-minister-says-travel-stats-in-march-look-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel is on everyone\u2019s mind; Tourism Minister says travel stats in March look good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Turistas-llegada-Al-Momento-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151801\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The report indicates that 87% of consumers are looking forward to traveling again, 76% are creating their destination wish list for future travel even though they might not be able to travel yet. The report also indicates that 56% of respondents said that they miss traveling so much that they are willing to book a trip now even if they might have to cancel it in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourism Minister David Collado says bookings reveal that tourist air arrivals will be more than 220,000, a 30% increase over travel that was already showing signs of recovery in February 2021. He said flight capacity is up 22% compared to February, and planes arrive with a 52% occupancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcements come when active Covid-19 cases and vaccination are moving at a steady pace in the Dominican Republic. Vaccination is accelerating in the United States, the Dominican Republic\u2019s primary travel source market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/en-us\/travel\/fine-hotels-resorts\/get-inspired\/global-travel-trends\">American Express <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/economia\/esperan-este-mes-la-llegada-de-mas-de-220-mil-turistas-JN24926825\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 March 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The report indicates that 87% of consumers are looking forward to traveling again, 76% are creating their destination wish list for future travel even though they might not be able to travel yet. The report also indicates that 56% of respondents said that they miss traveling so much that they are willing to book a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/11\/travel-is-on-everyones-mind-tourism-minister-says-travel-stats-in-march-look-good\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154760"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154783,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154760\/revisions\/154783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}