According to information from the Dominican Republic Central Bank for this year, in the month of November, the Caribbean nation received 358,990 non-resident visitors by airplane, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%, which in absolute terms represented 30,237 additional tourists compared with the same month of 2012.

The significant dynamism of the arrival of tourists through the International Airport of Punta Cana, which received more tourists than any other, should be highlighted, as it recorded a significant growth of 17.0% with respect to the same month of the previous year. Furthermore, an increase in artistic events and international conferences taking place in the Eastern zone of the country can be noted, as well as an increase in total visits and in average daily spending per tourist.

According to the latest report issued by the Central Bank, the dynamism in the Dominican tourism industry is a reflection of the accurate strategies implemented by the Ministry for Tourism in close collaboration with the private hotel sector, which has contributed to attracting tourists to the country, despite the persistent economic crisis afflicting many of the tourists' home countries.

 The year-on-year growth rate concerning the arrival of non-resident visitors, in terms of cycle-tendency was 8.9% in November 2013, which augurs well for foreign currency generation in the country in the coming months.

During the months between January and November 2013, the country received a total of 4,629,007 resident and non-resident visitors through different international airports, a 1.5% variation in comparison with the previous year.

The arrival of tourists from Europe has been recovering, as it reached a year-on-year growth level of 12.7% in the month of November, corresponding to 11,250 additional visitors coming mainly from Germany, England and Russia, canceling out the reduction in the flow of tourists from other Eurozone countries, due to the economic recession which has spread across this area, whose economies are experiencing an aggregate contraction of 0.4% according to the International Monetary Fund's latest forecasts.

In the January-November 2013 period, the arrival of visitors from sending markets showed that North America continues to be the largest such market (57.6%), as the number of visitors increased by 5.9%, which in absolute terms equates to 116,997 more tourists than in the same period of the previous year. It is followed by Europe, which has maintained its share of 26.3% of all arrivals, despite the fact that in aggregate terms it has seen a reduction of 2.2% (21,919 visitors) in the past eleven months. However, some European countries increased their number of visitors during the analyzed period: Germany (25,816), Russia (18,594), England (8,508) and Sweden (6,699), demonstrating the crisis in Europe has not affected all nations in the same way.