Between January and August 2,567,050 tourists visited the DR, according to the Ministry of Tourism. This is a 4.5% increase compared to the same period in 2007 when 2,455,932 tourists visited. Over half the tourists came through Punta Cana International Airport (54.7%), while the remaining tourists came through Las Americas International Airport (19.3%), Puerto Plata (15.8%) and La Romana (5.5%). A small number of tourists arrived by Santiago’s central Cibao airport, or the Isabela airport in Santo Domingo and El Catey airport in Samana. <\/p>\n
The Ministry of Tourism reports that the Russian tourist market grew considerably in 2008 with an 83% increase in Russian tourists compared to last year, Ukrainian tourism is up 11% and Polish tourism is up 92.5%. From Latin America, there were also increases. There were increases from Brazil (up 32.5%), Ecuador (up 37.9%), Mexico (up 15.5%), Chile (up 44.8%), Argentina (up 38.1%) and Colombia (30.1%) as air links improved. <\/p>\n
US arrivals nevertheless only increased 2.9%, but there were 11.9% more visitors from Canada. <\/p>\n
From France there was a 4.2% increase and from Switzerland a 12.5% increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Between January and August 2,567,050 tourists visited the DR, according to the Ministry of Tourism. This is a 4.5% increase compared to the same period in 2007 when 2,455,932 tourists visited. Over half the tourists came through Punta Cana International Airport (54.7%), while the remaining tourists came through Las Americas International Airport (19.3%), Puerto Plata … <\/p>\n