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News Dominican Republic Economy: The Dominican Republic Just Ranked No. 1 in the Caribbean for Tourism Development

Published on: Sunday 04 October 2026
The Dominican Republic Just Ranked No. 1 in the Caribbean for Tourism Development
News source: https://www.caribjournal.com/2026/10/04/dominican-republic-tourism-development/

The Dominican Republic is the Caribbean’s highest-ranked destination in the World Economic Forum’s new Travel & Tourism Development Index.

News Dominican Republic Economy: Dominican Republic presents declaration to promote sustainable sargassum solutions

Published on: Thursday 15 October 2026
Dominican Republic presents declaration to promote sustainable sargassum solutions
News source: https://dominicantoday.com/dominican-republic-presents-declaration-to-promote-sustainable-sargassum-solutions/

The Dominican Republic has reaffirmed its commitment to regional cooperation and innovation to address the sargassum problem by presenting the Santo Domingo Ministerial Declaration on the Sustainable ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: Who Runs Dominican Republic’s Economy in 2026

Published on: Monday 12 October 2026
Who Runs Dominican Republic’s Economy in 2026
News source: https://www.riotimesonline.com/dominican-republic-economy-key-players-2026/

Who runs the Dominican Republic economy in 2026: state firms, Banreservas, Popular and BHD, family groups, free zones, tourism, remittances and gold.

News Dominican Republic Economy: Tourism contributed 15.9% to Dominican Republic GDP in 2025, Asonahores reports

Published on: Friday 04 September 2026
Tourism contributed 15.9% to Dominican Republic GDP in 2025, Asonahores reports
News source: https://dominicantoday.com/tourism-contributed-15-9-to-dominican-republic-gdp-in-2025-asonahores-reports/

Santo Domingo.- Tourism strengthened its role as a key driver of the Dominican Republic’s economy in 2025, generating an estimated US$21.62 billion and contributing 15.9% of the country’s Gross ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: Dominicans’ Pension Fund tops US$10.1B, 12% of GDP

Published on: Wednesday 31 July 2019
Dominicans’ Pension Fund tops US$10.1B, 12% of GDP
News source: https://dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2019/07/31/dominicans-pension-fund-tops-us10-1b-12-of-gdp/

said Social Security in the Dominican Republic is a reality and that more than 3.8 million ... by the AFP exceed RD$513 billion (US$10.1 billion), or 12% of the Dominican GDP. “We speak of figures ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: ECLAC growth forecast: Dominican Republic 5.5%

Published on: Thursday 01 August 2019
ECLAC growth forecast: Dominican Republic 5.5%
News source: https://dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2019/07/31/eclac-growth-forecast-dominican-republic-5-5/

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ... followed by Antigua & Barbuda (5.9%) and the Dominican Republic 5.5%. ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: Qatar, Dominican Republic hold political consultations

Published on: Monday 08 July 2019
Qatar, Dominican Republic hold political consultations
News source: https://www.gulf-times.com/story/636066/Qatar-Dominican-Republic-hold-political-consultati

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Qatar and the Dominican Republic held a round of political consultations ... while the Dominican side was headed by Dr Carlos Gabriel Garcia, vice-minister for ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: Another American tourist dies during Dominican Republic vacation

Published on: Monday 10 June 2019
Another American tourist dies during Dominican Republic vacation
News source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dominican-republic-death-robert-wallace-another-american-tourist-dead-during-vacation-today-2019-06-10/

Dominican Republic deaths: Mystery deepens after new autopsy results ... The resorts said they are feeling the economic impact from the negative publicity. ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: What the Hell Is Going On In the Dominican Republic?

Published on: Tuesday 11 June 2019
What the Hell Is Going On In the Dominican Republic?
News source: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/dominican-republic-grand-bahia-hard-rock-american-tourist-death-846888/

Tourism is an incredibly popular industry in the Dominican Republic: the island attracts nearly two million American visitors per year, and tourism accounts for about 17% of the country’s GDP, ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: For the Dominican Republic, six U.S. tourist deaths, the shooting of a beloved ballplayer and a new image problem

Published on: Tuesday 11 June 2019
For the Dominican Republic, six U.S. tourist deaths, the shooting of a beloved ballplayer and a new image problem
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/for-the-dominican-republic-six-us-tourist-deaths-the-shooting-of-a-beloved-ballplayer-and-a-new-image-problem/2019/06/11/8e31af1a-8c4a-11e9-b6f4-033356502dce_story.html

Roughly 2.7 million Americans visit the Dominican Republic annually, accounting for 47 percent of all tourists. Overall, tourism directly and indirectly accounts for nearly 22 percent of the island’s ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: Dominican Republic deaths: Families want answers after 3 deaths within five days

Published on: Thursday 06 June 2019
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/dominican-republic-deaths-families-want-answers-after-3-deaths-within-five-days/ar-AACufCn

The tourism industry made up more than 17 percent of the country's economy last year, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. In 2018, about 6.5 million tourists visited the Dominican ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: Proposed Billion-Dollar Investment in Pueblo Viejo Will Boost its Contribution to Economy

Published on: Monday 27 May 2019
News source: https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/proposed-billion-dollar-investment-in-pueblo-viejo-will-boost-its-contribution-to-economy-2019-05-27

said the proposed investment was further evidence of the joint venture partners' long-term commitment to the social and economic development of the Dominican Republic. "We look forward to continue ...

News Dominican Republic Economy: 5 American tourists have died in the Dominican Republic in less than three months

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
News source: https://www.businessinsider.com/american-deaths-dominican-republic-edward-holmes-cynthia-day-miranda-schaup-werner-2019-6

and the tourism industry accounted for more than 17% of the Dominican Republic's economy in 2018, according to CNN. Last year, 13 Americans died in the Dominican Republic. Four of the deaths were the ...