In 2024 we received 8.5 million tourists (including cruise ship day-trippers). 7.1 million of these were foreign tourists, excluding Dominicans living abroad who are considered tourists when visiting on holidays according to the UN Tourism international classification.
38.8% came from the USA and 13.7% from Canada. These leading markets were followed by Colombia with 374,141 (3%), Argentina with 281,812 (2%), Puerto Rico with 240,405, UK with 187,757, France with 157,203, Chile with 143,935, Brazil with 136,057 and Mexico with 132,049.
Latin America exceeded Europe with 2 million tourists (28.1%) compared to 1.1 million (15.4%). This is why 80.6% of our foreign tourists came from America and Latin Americans exceeded Europeans by more than 12 points.
If we protect our image as a holiday destination in Latin America and North America and recuperate the European markets, we could be looking at 15 million foreign visitors provided the winds from the North don’t turn into a storm.
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