The average expenditure of tourists visiting the Dominican Republic registered a significant increase, reaching an average of US$167.30 for 7.87 nights in the first seven months of this year 2024.
The figure doubles the spending of tourists visiting the country in 1998, which was US$92.20 and with a longer average length of stay of 10.3 nights.
According to Central Bank figures, foreign visitors are spending more during their stays in the Dominican Republic, regardless of the fact that they are shorter, since from 1993 onwards stays averaged 10 to 11 days, and they spent less.
In 2022 the average spending of a tourist, by air, was US$139.19, while in 2023 it was US$153.28. The hotel occupancy rate as of July was at 84.3%, according to Listin Diario.
Experts in the hotel area estimate that the behavior is not only due to the fact that the prices are now higher due to a better quality of the services of the country, but also to the diversification of the sector, with the arrival of visitors in the first seven months of this year 2024 (by air) from other latitudes with greater purchasing power, as in the case of tourists from the Asian continent (India, China and others).
Also, from South America, with more visits from Colombians, Argentines, Chileans, Brazilians and Venezuelans.
The largest number of visitors continues to come from the United States, followed by Canada and Mexico. From the Caribbean, tourists from Puerto Rico are the most popular.
The second largest market of tourists is from Europe, in first place, from France, followed by Spain, Italy, Norway and Portugal.
Source:Arecoa.com