The average hotel occupancy in the country, between January and November of last year, was 71.1% overall, with Bayahíbe-Romana being the destination with the highest occupancy with 79.9%, followed by Bávaro-Punta Cana with 77%.
The latest statistics published by the Central Bank indicate that during this period the lowest average occupancy rate in tourist accommodation establishments was Sosua-Carabete with 50.6%, Puerto Plata with 52.6%, Boca Chica-Juan Dolio with 57.4% and the city from Santo Domingo 59.8%.
The records of the Central Bank show that the arrival of non-resident passengers reached 571,380 visitors, constituting a historical maximum in the arrival of tourists in November, for an increase of 52,266 additional travelers (10%) compared to the same period of the year 2021.
In terms of the distribution of the total number of visitors received, 83.4% correspond to foreign travelers (476,706 passengers) who chose the country as a tourist destination and the remaining 16.6% to non-resident Dominicans (94,674 passengers).
It should be noted that when comparing with the same month of 2018 and 2019, that is, periods prior to the impact of the health crisis, the November flow was higher by 17.7% and 23.7%, respectively.
This behavior allowed us to accumulate an unprecedented arrival of 6,397,466 non-resident passengers at the end of November 2022, which represents some 2,131,491 additional visitors compared to the same period in 2021, for a year-on-year growth of 50.0% and surpassing 2019 by 9.9% and in 2018 by 8.3%, the year in which the highest number of travelers who stayed overnight in the country had been reached.