Tourism figures in the Dominican Republic in the first quarter of 2025

Tourism record in the Dominican Republic: definitive boost for real estate development

The first quarter of 2025 marks a historic milestone for tourism in the Dominican Republic, consolidating the country as a regional leader and a global reference for sustainable growth. With 3.3 million visitors received between January and March, according to official Ministry of Tourism data, the Caribbean country isn't just breaking records — it confirms the maturity of its economic strategy based on tourism as a development engine.

Tourism in the Dominican Republic at historic highs: figures that mark a trend

In the words of Minister David Collado, the country continues "writing a success story," and the figures back this up:

• More than 2.1 million tourists by air,
• With 1.1 million by cruise,
• An interannual growth of 12% compared to 2024,
• And an estimate of 11 million visitors for the close of 2025.

This constant growth positions the Dominican Republic as a strategic Caribbean hub, attracting not only tourists, but also foreign investors, service-sector entrepreneurs, and developers of the tourism real estate market.

Tourism as a catalyst for real estate investment

Beyond the number of visitors, the tourism boom is reconfiguring the Dominican economy, pushing sectors such as:

• Real estate and construction of vacation residences,
• Short-term rentals (Airbnb, Booking) and tourist-use homes,
• Restaurants, retail, and urban leisure,
• Transportation and mobility,
• Banking services for visitors and investors.

This gives rise to a new economic model based on integration: tourism + investment + sustainability + urban quality.

Larimar City & Resort: the urban response to the new tourism

In this context, projects like Larimar City & Resort in Punta Cana position themselves as the integral response to this evolution. Conceived as an intelligent resort-city concept, Larimar doesn't just offer oceanfront or high-rise properties — it's designed from modern urbanism:

• Efficient land use with green areas, beach club, university, health centers, and sports facilities,
• Residential developments adapted to the resort living model and vacation rental,
• Connectivity with airports and tourism hubs,
• Promotion of banking and integrated financial services within the new visitor's lifestyle.

Larimar materializes that country vision combining tourism growth with urban planning, collective wealth, and environmental sustainability.

Conclusion: a real, profitable… and transformative opportunity

Tourism in the Dominican Republic isn't just growing — it's transforming with a future vision. It has stopped being a seasonal activity to become the structural pillar of a diversified, modern economy connected to global standards of investment and quality of life.

In this new scenario, Larimar City & Resort rises as a pioneering model: a city planned from the start, with infrastructure designed to respond to the demand for long-term residential tourism, but also to generate quality jobs, attract talent, drive local entrepreneurship, and strengthen the country's business fabric.

It's not just about building homes — it's about consolidating an urban ecosystem that multiplies the economic, social, and environmental value of the country. A city that materializes the paradigm shift: from tourist destination to investment destination, of development and of real opportunities for people.

Larimar isn't just a real estate project. It's the reflection of a Dominican Republic that stops being an observer of growth and becomes the protagonist of its own progress model.

By Macarena Perona

Deputy Director

Larimar City & Resort