From January to October, the variety of international vacationers to standard Mexican locations like Cancun and Los Cabos has declined. These main Mexican seashores have misplaced their attraction to worldwide vacationers only a few weeks earlier than the winter trip interval.
In latest months, the airports in Cancun, Los Cabos, and Puerto Vallarta have reported a lower in international vacationer arrivals.
In line with INEGI (Mexican Nationwide Institute of Statistics and Geography), international air tourism dropped by 3.6 % yearly in July. This decline continued in August with a 6.2 % lower and worsened additional in September, falling by 6.4 %.
Francisco Madrid, director of STARC (the Heart for Superior Analysis in Sustainable Tourism), reported that between January and October, the airports in Cancun and Los Cabos skilled an almost three % annual lower in international vacationer arrivals.
In line with Madrid, this decline in worldwide guests may be attributed to varied elements. These embrace the inadequate promotion of Mexico overseas, which has led to different markets capturing a bigger share of tourism and rising insecurity in sure areas. A restrictive visa coverage additionally impacts South American nations, significantly Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.
He additionally talked about that the departure of some Volaris flights, primarily as a result of engine inspections, has additional restricted the provision of seats, impacting each native and worldwide journey.
Specialists predict that this development of declining worldwide passenger motion at seashore airports and all through the nation will persist on the finish of the 12 months.
Cancun is the first vacation spot for international vacationers arriving by air in Mexico, second solely to Mexico Metropolis Worldwide Airport (AICM).
Los Cabos is the second hottest solar and seashore vacation spot for international guests, adopted by Puerto Vallarta. The three airports serving these trip spots account for over 95 % of worldwide vacationers who arrive by air at Mexican seashores.
In distinction to the worldwide tourism that arrives in Mexico, the variety of Mexicans touring overseas has elevated, even with the greenback appreciating towards the peso.
In line with the most recent knowledge from INEGI, 5.4 million Mexicans journeyed to locations exterior the nation between January and September.
This determine will not be solely 19.5 % larger than the quantity recorded in the identical interval of 2023, nevertheless it additionally surpasses the 4.3 million nationals who traveled overseas between January and September 2019, earlier than the pandemic’s influence.
