Santo Domingo. – Despite the tourism sector’s decline measured by the arrival of nonresident nationals and visitors foreign by air, the fall has only been during the last year, because when compared with the last decade’s figures it reveals a constant growth.

Until July 2,539,409 nonresident nationals and foreigners (tourists) visited the country, a fall of -2.4% compared with the first seven months of 2008.

However 1.3% more tourists arrived this year than in the same 2007 period; 0.5% more than in 2006 and 10.2% more than in 2005, affirming that this year’s fall is temporary, sparked by the global financial crisis, especially the United States, the country’s main source of visitors.