Publish in Special Reports - Monday, August 15, 2016
The colonial zone in Dominican capital Santo Domingo is undergoing a major renovation aimed at boosting tourism. (Photo: Dominican Government)
Dominican Republic passes Brazil as Latin America’s second tourism earner.
BY JOACHIM BAMRUD
SANTO DOMINGO --- As Dominican capital Santo Domingo is undergoing a major renovation of its colonial zone, a Latinvex analysis of new data from the World Tourism Organization shows that the Caribbean nation is now Latin America’s second-largest tourism earner after Mexico.
Meanwhile, Colombia and Panama are among the top growth winners in terms of both arrivals and receipts.
All in all, the number of international arrivals to Latin America grew by ...
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Ranking Keywords: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
THE NUMBERS
Latin America Tourism (2015): Receipts
Latin America Tourism (2015): Receipt Winners & Losers
Latin America Tourism (2015): Receipts-GDP Ratio
Latin America Tourism (2015): Average Expenditure per Visitor
Latin America Tourism (2015): Arrivals
Latin America Tourism (2015): Arrival Winner & Losers
Latin America Tourism (2015): Arrival-Population Ratio