While climbing fuel prices and the economic troubles in the US gave rise to fears that the Dominican tourism sector would experience a slump in 2008, the opposite has occurred. The Ministry of Tourism reported that in the first four months of the year, 1,430,034 visitors have come, that is 6.73% more than in the same period 2007, when 1,339,836 tourists arrived. <\/p>\n
April passenger flow numbers alone show a 2.54% increase compared to 2007, and there is a trend for arrivals to continue on the up. This year, 315,721 tourists arrived in April, compared to 307,914 in April 2007. <\/p>\n
Arrivals come primarily from the United States, Canada, France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland, as reported in El Caribe. <\/p>\n
Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez said that the Canadian market is showing its strength, with 398,023 arrivals in the first quarter of the year, compared to 358,638 in April 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While climbing fuel prices and the economic troubles in the US gave rise to fears that the Dominican tourism sector would experience a slump in 2008, the opposite has occurred. The Ministry of Tourism reported that in the first four months of the year, 1,430,034 visitors have come, that is 6.73% more than in the … <\/p>\n