{"id":171678,"date":"2022-01-11T07:39:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T11:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=171678"},"modified":"2022-01-11T11:56:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T15:56:37","slug":"record-number-of-travelers-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/record-number-of-travelers-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Record number of travelers in December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The open doors in the Dominican Republic to tourists from all over the world is paying off. The Ministry of Tourism statistics indicate a record number of arrivals for December. The 728,335 non-resident arrivals is a record number, 8% more than in March 2019 and 17% more than December 2019, and 11% more than December 2018, pre-pandemic months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-resident arrivals in 2021 were 74% foreigners (536,001 non-residents who were not born in the Dominican Republic) and the remaining 26% Dominicans (192,334 non-residents who were born in the Dominican Republic).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of December 2021 non-resident arrivals brings the total air arrivals for 2021 to 4,991,594 tourists, the Ministry of Tourism announced in a press conference with the presence of President Luis Abinader. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is how we closed 2021. When other destinations have ended with negative figures, we worked and surpassed ourselves in a historic way and managed to close with the best month of December in the history of tourism in the Dominican Republic,” said Tourism Minister David Collado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collado called the tourism industry the country’s main industry and driver of the economy with its ripple effects on manufacturing, farming, transportation, entertainment, and the health sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 165,609 tourists of 115 nationalities arrived by cruise ship this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collado stressed that more than 93% of the tourists who visited the country in 2021 are vaccinated, according to the survey on satisfaction and safety results, carried out on a sample of 16,133 visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey showed that 91% of the visitors showed interest in returning to the country and rated their experience with 4.4 out of 5 stars. The beaches are one of the main attractions of Dominican tourism, reaching a popularity of 84%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collado said the tourism sector has generated 174,600 jobs, 5% more than in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Punta Cana international airport leads in tourist arrivals, receiving 50% of the arrivals of non-residents visiting the country in the month of December. Las Americas received 26% of air travelers and Cibao 12%. The La Romana airport received 6% of the tourists, the Puerto Plata airport 5% and the Samana airport 0.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North America and the Caribbean were the main tourist originators, 61%. From Europe came 25%, from South America 10% and from Africa, Asia and Oceania 4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more in Spanish:
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El Dinero <\/a>
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11 January 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The open doors in the Dominican Republic to tourists from all over the world is paying off. The Ministry of Tourism statistics indicate a record number of arrivals for December. The 728,335 non-resident arrivals is a record number, 8% more than in March 2019 and 17% more than December 2019, and 11% more than December … <\/p>\n

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