Tourist arrivals for Dominican Republic up 0.3% at half year mark
The number of tourist arrivals to the Dominican Republic leveled out during the first six months of the year.
The Central Bank Statistics Department reports that non-resident travel to the country was up by just 7,090, or 0.3%. A total of 2,460,862 visitors came from January through June.
{IMAGE VIA – diariolibre.com} While the figures reveal a close to zero growth rate, Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu declared at a recent press conference that the increase was enough to reverse the negative trend of a 0.3% decline for the first five months of the year.
He said that non-resident foreign travel was up by 0.94% in June, or 20,351 more travelers for a total of 2,175,526.
Most tourists to the Dominican Republic come from the United States, and 64% landed at the Punta Cana International Airport.
