The arrival of international visitors to the Dominican Republic through the country’s seven international airports grew by 5.9% in 2012. The country’s seven international airports received 3.9 million visitors, compared to 3.7 million in 2011. Fifty-five percent of the international visitors were from North America. This number grew 10.3% in comparison to 2011. To date, the United States is the [...]

Tourist arrivals to the Dominican Republic grew by 7.97% in September 2012, in comparison to the number registered during the same time period last year. Statistics indicate that 258,810 non-resident tourists visited the Dominican Republic by air, 19,104 more tourists than the number registered in September 2011.  During the January-September 2012 the arrival of tourists grew by 206,028.  That overall [...]

The number of tourist visiting the Dominican Republic by air grew by 7% during the January-May period of this year. The total number of arrivals peaked at 1.8 million visitors. The additional 138,705 visitors traveled to the country from North America (almost 92,000) and South America (33,709). Visitors from the following countries have increased significantly: U.S. (73,989); Canada (16,796); Russia [...]

The Dominican Republic has become the favorite destination for Russian tourists traveling to the Caribbean. It also became the fastest growing winter destination in the Russian market during the 2012 first quarter, according to the Russian Union of Tourism. According to the tourism agency, Russian tourists to the region grew by 57.2% during the first trimester of 2012. The Dominican [...]

The Dominican Republic has become a hot destination for South Americans. Recent statistics indicate that visitors from this region to the Dominican Republic (through the country’s airports) grew by 23% during the January-April period of this year. However, the United States and Canada are still the country’s two most important tourism markets. During the first four months of this year, [...]

Expedia, the world’s largest online travel agency, announced that during 2011 it experienced a 12 percent increase in the number of reservations to the Dominican Republic through its global network of more than 140 booking sites on the Internet. The increase includes its brands Expedia ®; Hotels.com ®; Hotwire ®; Egencia® – specializing in corporate travel – and its Expedia® [...]

The arrival of tourists to the Dominican Republic through local airports increased by 7.8% during the January-March 2012 quarter, surpassing the numbers presented by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) regarding the Caribbean region. The country’s Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, recently presented these new numbers and explained that the increment in the number of tourists visiting the country is [...]

Those who wish to fully enjoy the sun and the beaches of Punta Cana, one of the Caribbean’s most important tourism destinations, will now have a greater number of flights from which to choose from during the 2011-2012 winter season. The number of flights is scheduled to jump by eight percent, according to information provided by airlines using the Punta [...]

Arrivals of international tourists to the Dominican Republic grew by 4.6% during the January-October period. National airports reported handling more than three million passengers, more than 130,000 than the number reported during 2010. In October alone local airports handled 305, 627 passengers.  Of these, 225,595 were tourists.  This number represents an 8.8% jump in the number of arrivals in comparison [...]

Tourist arrivals to the Dominican Republic grew by 3.7% during the January-August period. Local airports report that during this same time period some 2.6 million visitors entered the country, almost 100,000 more than during the same period in 2010. In all, the total arrival of passengers during January-August totalled 3.3 million visitors. During August alone, 381,000 passengers entered the DR [...]