Whitebridge Latin America & Caribbean Hotels Monitor (May 2024
Trend trackers in the region reported enormous growth expectations in September 2023, with Dom Rep leading the way (+54% in international arrivals and +39% in groups expected in Q4 2023, compared to the same period in 2019) and US and Canadian demand dominating air bookings. By contrast, traffic to Cancun was showing signs of a slowdown in the same period. As a further sign of its huge popularity, last year Dom Rep became the first nation in the Caribbean to top 10m visitors in a single year and the growth trajectory was ongoing in early 2024.