Airlines and cruise contributed more than 3.1 million visitors to the Dominican Republic until April

Between January and April the arrival by both air and sea of ​​a total of 2,490,244 visitors was registered, according to the calculations made by Infotur Dominicano based on the reports provided by the Ministry of Tourism (Mitur) and the Bank. Central of the Dominican Republic (BCRD).

The tourist flow in accumulated terms for the period January – April of the year 2018, reached the figure of 2,347,820 non – resident visitors who entered the country through the different international airports, that is to say 124,694 additional travelers with respect to the same period of 2017, according to the monthly report of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD)

When including the influx of resident travelers, the total arrival of resident and non-resident passengers by air during the January-April period of 2018 amounted to 2,548,816 passengers, for an interannual variation of 5.2%, which represented 126,357 additional passengers in relation to to the same period of the year 2017.

We recall that we recently published exclusively that the Dominican Republic receiving tourist flow records between January and April of 2018, the arrival of 628,292 visitors, of these 463,343 were passengers (cruise passengers) and 164.49 have been crew personnel.

In the total sum, both foreigners and resident and non-resident Dominicans, as well as cruise passengers (passengers and crew), the Dominican Republic has received a grand total of 3,177,108 visitors.