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Hon. Denise Charles-Pemberton during presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minister for Tourism, Denise Charles-Pemberton,\u00a0 recently revealed that Dominica’s visitor arrivals increased by 10 percent during the last fiscal year.<\/p>\n

She made that statement during her presentation to the 2025-2026 \u00a0National Budget debate this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet’s look at the results of all what I’ve said. Total visitor arrivals, 435,255. Compared to last fiscal year, this is a 10 percent increase, surpassing pre-pandemic levels by 71 percent,\u201d she said. \u201cCruise calls increased to 232, about 340,021 passengers disembarked. So that is 77 percent disembarking to go on excursions, 6\u00a0\u00a0percent more than last season. \u201c<\/p>\n

According to the minister, stay-over visitors increased by 5 percent compared to 2024- 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut\u00a0surpassing pre-pandemic levels by 35\u00a0percent,\u201d she revealed. \u201cProjections for next season. anticipate 251 calls with a total capacity of 533,611 passengers\u00a0[and]\u00a012 new inaugural calls.<\/p>\n

Additionally, she said the cruise season is extended and wraps in August, as opposed to April.<\/p>\n

\u201cBusiness is bright and creamy in Dominica [and] our projections for our stayover visitors in 2025, 100,000 Mr. Speaker, and we are about 45 percent towards our target,\u201d Charles-Pemberton said.<\/p>\n

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