NewsWhore
05-13-2008, 05:30 PM
While climbing fuel prices and the economic troubles in the US gave rise to fears that the Dominican tourism sector would experience a slump in 2008, the opposite has occurred. The Ministry of Tourism reported that in the first four months of the year, 1,430,034 visitors have come, that is 6.73% more than in the same period 2007, when 1,339,836 tourists arrived.
April passenger flow numbers alone show a 2.54% increase compared to 2007, and there is a trend for arrivals to continue on the up. This year, 315,721 tourists arrived in April, compared to 307,914 in April 2007.
Arrivals come primarily from the United States, Canada, France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland, as reported in El Caribe.
Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez said that the Canadian market is showing its strength, with 398,023 arrivals in the first quarter of the year, compared to 358,638 in April 2007.
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April passenger flow numbers alone show a 2.54% increase compared to 2007, and there is a trend for arrivals to continue on the up. This year, 315,721 tourists arrived in April, compared to 307,914 in April 2007.
Arrivals come primarily from the United States, Canada, France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland, as reported in El Caribe.
Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez said that the Canadian market is showing its strength, with 398,023 arrivals in the first quarter of the year, compared to 358,638 in April 2007.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)