News: Dominican receives 3 million visitors from January through May
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Dominican tourism continues to strengthen its recovery process and reaches record figures with the arrival of almost three million visitors in the first five months of the year.
The Ministry of Tourism announced this Wednesday that in May the arrival barrier was broken again with the visit of 561,323 tourists. That means Dominican Republic had an 11 percent growth over May 2018, 6 percent more than 2019, and up 44 percent from May of last year.
In May 2022, the occupancy rate of hotel rooms rose 68%, which represents an improvement of 19 percentage points compared to May 2021.
The guests were 86% of foreign origin. There was an improvement in occupancy in most tourist areas compared to 2021, highlighting the areas of Bayahíbe - La Romana and Bávaro - Punta Cana, where both areas had improvements of more than 20 percentage points compared to 2021. Other areas such as the Greater Santo Domingo and Santiago had growth of less than 10 percentage points. The Romana – Bayahibe area had the highest occupancy growth with 83% occupancy in 2022 vs. 55% in 2021.
