Bahamas bookings jump following DR deaths declines

Fri, Jul 5th 2019, 08:28 AM

A little more than a week after it was reported that The Bahamas saw an uptick in bookings to this destination due to the death of several American tourists in the Dominican Republic (DR), the trend seems to be reversing.

After the deaths received national attention in the U.S., a decline in bookings and a surge in cancellations to the DR were recorded, as bookings to The Bahamas, Jamaica and Aruba began to spike, according to a report from tourism analytics group ForwardKeys.

At least 12 American tourists have died in the Dominican Republic, causing the tourism industry on the island nation, a pillar of that country’s economy, to spiral into a crisis.

“From the 1st June to the 2nd July, bookings for July and August from the USA to the Dominican Republic fell by 84.4 percent compared to the equivalent period in 2018,” the report states.

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