Santo Domingo — The Dominican Republic’s tourism sector has delivered a robust performance this year, with official data showing a double-digit rise in visitor arrivals during the key Holy Week holiday period. Tourism Minister David Collado announced that the country welcomed a total of 223,328 tourists over the observance, representing a 14.8% jump compared to visitor numbers from the same week in 2023.
Breaking down the latest figures, Collado highlighted accelerating growth through the final stretch of the holiday: arrivals rose 18.7% across the last four days of the break, a trend that confirms the steady, ongoing expansion the country’s travel industry has seen in recent months.
Sharing the milestone results on the social platform X, the minister framed the strong visitor numbers as a collective win for the entire Dominican tourism ecosystem. He emphasized that the outcome reinforces three core strengths of the country’s travel brand: its global reputation as a safe destination, its enduring appeal to international travelers, and its unmatched ability to create new jobs and drive broad economic activity across local communities.
For the Dominican Republic, tourism has long stood as one of the foundational pillars of the national economy, and Holy Week ranks consistently among the busiest and most commercially important peak travel periods of the year. Every uptick in visitor arrivals translates directly to tangible gains across multiple linked industries, from rising hotel occupancy rates to increased spending at local retail outlets, restaurants, and hospitality services. This growth, in turn, supports continued investment and expansion across the full spectrum of the country’s tourism sector.