The Caribbean’s most-visited vacation spot continues to see record-breaking tourism numbers, in line with new information from the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism.
The Caribbean tourism large is reporting 4.178 million guests via the primary 4 months of 2024 — a brand new document for the vacation spot.
That aligns with the Dominican Republic’s acknowledged projection of reaching 11 million complete guests (combining air and cruise passengers) for the calendar yr.
The Dominican Republic has obtained greater than 3 million air arrivals up to now, a ten % enhance over the identical interval in 2023, and, maybe extra impressively, a 24 % enhance over the primary 4 months of 2019, earlier than the pandemic.
On the cruise facet, the DR reported 1.139 million cruise passengers, itself a 15 % enhance in comparison with final yr.
The 4.178 million quantity is “one other document,” mentioned Dominican Republic Tourism Minister David Collado.