{"id":496116,"date":"2025-12-30T15:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dominican-republic-reaches-record-number-of-tourists-in-december-with-more-than-900-thousand-air-arrivals\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:43:08","slug":"dominican-republic-reaches-record-number-of-tourists-in-december-with-more-than-900-thousand-air-arrivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/dominican-republic-reaches-record-number-of-tourists-in-december-with-more-than-900-thousand-air-arrivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic reaches record number of tourists in December, with more than 900 thousand air arrivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo. \u2013<\/strong> The Dominican Republic reached a <strong>historic record in the tourism sector<\/strong> by registering more than <strong>900,000 international visitors by air during the month of December<\/strong>, the highest figure ever achieved in a single month.\n\nThe announcement was made by the <strong>Minister of Tourism, David Collado<\/strong>, through his Instagram account, where he highlighted that this number far exceeds the previous record registered before the pandemic, when in 2020 <strong>667,534 tourists<\/strong> were counted.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/estilo\/turismo\/turismo-accesible-en-bayahibe\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"536929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tourists and citizens value accessible tourism initiative in Bayahibe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWith this performance, December is consolidated as the <strong>best month in the history of Dominican tourism<\/strong>, reflecting not only the sustained growth of the sector, but also its <strong>strong impact on the national economy<\/strong>. Collado highlighted that this advance represents much more than statistics, by becoming a source of opportunities and well-being for thousands of families.\n\n&#8220;Today we surpassed 900,000 air tourists in a month, the highest figure in the history of our tourism. We continue to grow and proudly strengthen the Dominican Republic Brand,&#8221; said the official.\n\nThe minister detailed that this growth has generated <strong>73,608 direct and indirect jobs<\/strong>, in addition to contributing <strong>RD$3,271 million in tax revenue<\/strong>. Likewise, he indicated that foreign exchange earnings reached <strong>US$705 million<\/strong>, while the contribution to the <strong>Gross Domestic Product (GDP)<\/strong> was <strong>US$3,937 million<\/strong>.\n\nCollado underscored that these results demonstrate not only the recovery of tourism after the pandemic, but also its &#8220;sustainability and long-term projection&#8221;, consolidating the Dominican Republic as one of the &#8220;main destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America&#8221;.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. \u2013 The Dominican Republic reached a historic record in the tourism sector by registering more than 900,000 international visitors by air during the month of December, the highest figure ever achieved in a single month. 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