11 Million Guests in One Yr 

For a lot of the final two years, the Dominican Republic has been making tourism historical past seemingly each month. And that was true once more this week with the nation topping one other main milestone: 11 million guests in a single yr. 

Dominican Republic Tourism Minister David Collado was available to welcome the 11 millionth customer on the Punta Cana Worldwide Airport: Bruce Pirt, who was touring to the nation together with his spouse and two daughters on a flight on an Air Transat flight from Canada. 

It’s “one other historic report for Dominican tourism.” Collado stated. 

The 11 million quantity consists of each stayover and cruise passengers, though stayover vacationers account for the overwhelming majority of the full. 

Final yr, the nation set its earlier report, 10 million guests. 

So what’s subsequent on the agenda? 

14 million annual guests by the top of 2028, in response to Vice President Raquel Peña.

Are you heading to the Dominican Republic proper now? Whereas the nation has been working efficiently to advertise locations like Santo Domingo and Miches, it’s nonetheless Punta Cana that reigns supreme. Right here’s a have a look at some low-cost flight choices to Punta Cana Worldwide Airport, in response to Google Flights.