In October, 491,787 tourists arrived in the country, exceeding the numbers of arrivals in that same month in 2021, which shows the total recovery of the sector.
The income that the country has received through the tourism sector reached US $ 7,278 million in the first ten months of this year, thanks to the fact that the figures of tourist arrivals each month continue to be exceeded, proof of the total recovery of the sector.
When presenting the tourist arrival figures for October, the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, said that in this month alone revenues are estimated at US $ 517.2 million.
He said that Central Bank forecasts an estimated income of US $ 8,400 million for 2022.
If this figure is reached, it would double what the sector generated last year, in addition to surpassing pre-pandemic revenues.
Tourist arrivals
Last month, 491,787 tourists arrived in the country, which exceeds the arrival of tourists in the same period of 2019 by 32%.
119,582 more visitors arrived in the country than in October 2019 and 2018.
“We did it again and how! It is the second consecutive October that we have broken the records, something truly historic, “said Collado.
He reported that in the period January-October the country received 5,826,078 tourists by air.
According to the Minister’s projections this year will end with the arrival of more than 7 million tourists.
He pointed out that with 90% of housing availability, general hotel occupancy rate was 64% in October.
He explained that the Romana-Bayahibe destination had an occupancy of 81% and Bavaro-Punta Cana 68%.
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