Increase in Tourist Arrivals to Dominican Republic
Tourists´ arrival to the Dominican Republic increased 3.45 percent in January and February, the Central Bank reported.

Last January and February, 664,523 tourists arrived at the country, compared to 2006 when 641,335 people visited the DR.

According to the Tourist Flow Report made by the Central Bank´s National Accounting and Economic Statistics Department, around 819,006 residents and non resident passengers entered the country in that period.

The growth rate in passenger arrivals, however, has slowed down in the first two months of 2007, compared to the rhythm in that same period of 2006 and the preceding year, explained the Bank.

The relative drop in arrivals is mainly among tourists from the US and Puerto Rico, fall explained by the regulation introduced since January that those tourists must present their passports when returning to US territory.