{"id":247064,"date":"2026-02-03T07:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=247064"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:17:47","slug":"dominican-republic-sees-8-tourism-surge-in-january-despite-flight-disruptions-for-snow-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/02\/03\/dominican-republic-sees-8-tourism-surge-in-january-despite-flight-disruptions-for-snow-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic sees 8% tourism surge in January despite flight disruptions for snow storms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/David-Collado-8-por-ciento-crecimiento-turismo-El-Dia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/David-Collado-8-por-ciento-crecimiento-turismo-El-Dia.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/David-Collado-8-por-ciento-crecimiento-turismo-El-Dia-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic\u2019s tourism sector has kicked off 2026 with robust growth, recording an 8% increase in visitor arrivals this January compared to the same period last year. The Ministry of Tourism reports arrivals of 1,155,485 visitors in January 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Tourism David Collado announced the figures during a visit to San Pedro de Macor\u00eds to inaugurate works for the new public El Faro beach facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the growth comes despite a wave of flight cancellations from the country\u2019s primary source markets. The 8% uptick builds on a record-breaking 2025, which saw 11.7 million visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collado emphasized the industry&#8217;s consistent upward trajectory over the last several years, noting that the Dominican Republic has repeatedly overcome global headwinds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/llegada-de-turistas-crece-8-en-enero-pese-a-cancelaciones-de-vuelos\/\">El Dia <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 February 2026<br>\u2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Republic\u2019s tourism sector has kicked off 2026 with robust growth, recording an 8% increase in visitor arrivals this January compared to the same period last year. The Ministry of Tourism reports arrivals of 1,155,485 visitors in January 2026. Minister of Tourism David Collado announced the figures during a visit to San Pedro de &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/02\/03\/dominican-republic-sees-8-tourism-surge-in-january-despite-flight-disruptions-for-snow-storms\/\" 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":[341,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247064"}],"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=247064"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247090,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247064\/revisions\/247090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}