Occupancy grows in hotels in the Dominican Republic

The occupancy rate of the Dominican Republic registered an increase of 90% year-on-year between January 2021 and January 2022 according to the information provided to our colleagues at the Association of Hotels and Tourism (Asonahores), which shows part of the result of the work carried out by the Government through the Tourism Cabinet, coordinated by the Ministry of Tourism and the private sector. 
In that sense. The Dominican Republic registered in January 2021 a hotel room occupancy rate of 37.1%, while for January 2022, it has registered an average 70.5%, that is, an absolute difference of 33.4% according to the data provided to Infotur Dominicano , by Asonahores. 

For the first month of the year, the Romana — Bayahibe destination led the hotel occupancy rate with 87.5%. which also registers by destination the highest volume of increase compared to January 2021, with +42.1%, followed by the destination comprised of Bávaro — Punta Cana with 75.9% with an increase of -Y38.1% and in third place is Boca Chica — Juan Dolio with 72.4% (+41.3%). 

In the same order are Sosúa — Cabarete 63% (+25.8%); Santo Domingo 56% (+20.1%); Samana 51.6% (4-20.4); Puerto Plata 48.5% (14.3); and Santiago 45.7 (4-7%).