holy sunday. – The Ministry of Tourism (Mitur) shared a report yesterday, Saturday, November 2, about Dominican tourism. They highlighted that it continued to grow steadily in 2024. According to the report, there were 8,362,285 visitors in the January-September period. This is the highest number of visitors in history at this time.
David Collado, head of Mitur, presented the sector statistics for September and so far this year.
According to official figures, the country received 468,916 air tourists and 111,701 sea cruisers in September alone.
David Collado presented the monthly tourism report. (EXTERNAL SOURCE).
He said the growth is 55% more than September 2019 and 21% above 2022.
During the latest period, the country received 6,430,400 air tourists and 1,931,896 cruise passengers. This makes a total of 8,362,295 visitors. “That broke our own record,” Collado stated.
In the first nine months of 2024, this represented a 45% increase compared to the same period in 2019. It was 36% above 2022 and 10% above 2023.
Collado projected 11.5 million visitors to arrive by the end of the year. This will set a new record.
The U.S is the leading tourist-emitting country with 39% of visitors. It’s followed by Canada with 9%, Colombia 8%, Argentina 6%, and England with 4%.
tourists mainly arrived at Punta Cana airport (56%), followed by Las Americas (27%), Cibao (12%), Puerto Plata (3%), and La Romana (1%).