This 12 months has gotten off to a tremendous begin for the Dominican Republic’s tourism sector. Month after month, the nation is seeing record-breaking numbers of tourists, exhibiting that extra folks than ever are selecting the Dominican Republic as their trip vacation spot.
The whole variety of guests arriving by air and water final month alone was shut to 1 million. In February, 661,088 guests arrived by air, 9% greater than earlier than the 2019 pandemic and 17% greater than in 2022. The rise in cruise passenger arrivals is much more outstanding.
Greater than 250,000 vacationers arrived by cruise ship in February of this 12 months, which is greater than double the variety of cruise arrivals in 2019 and triple the quantity in the identical month final 12 months.
Including to those outstanding numbers is the truth that January additionally noticed a document variety of guests. In complete, the Dominican Republic recorded greater than 1.8 million guests within the first two months of 2023. The nation seems to be nicely on its approach to reaching its lofty purpose of receiving 10 million guests by the tip of the 12 months.
Most vacationers arrive within the province of La Altagracia, the place Punta Cana, the vacationer capital of the Dominican Republic, and most of the greatest resorts are positioned. On this beautiful space, unimaginable seashores are ready to be loved.
The locations of Punta Cana, Bávaro and Bayahibe hosted 67% of worldwide guests.
The capital Santo Domingo and its environment are the second most visited place. The province of Santo Domingo hosted 8% of international guests.
As well as, 8% of international vacationers stayed within the province of Puerto Plata. Puerto Plata, the unique vacationer hub of the Dominican Republic, remains to be admired for its magnificent surroundings, which incorporates the coast, mountains, rivers and, after all, beautiful seashores.
The 27 Charcos of Damajagua, a set of 27 waterfalls alongside the Damajagua River that may be explored on foot with an area information, are the areas most well-known attraction.
The opposite areas that draw vacationers from overseas are La Romana (4%), which is residence to the well-known Casa de Campo resort, Samaná (3%), and Santiago de los Caballeros (2%), which has among the greatest eating places and nightlife within the Dominican Republic along with being filled with fascinating museums and cultural websites.
