When Cancun’s air passenger visitors decline started within the late summer season, there have been a number of theories. Maybe it was the summer season storms. Or perhaps it was Tulum airport siphoning vacationers away. However now Cancun’s visitors droop is, properly, persevering with.
The airport noticed a 7.2 p.c decline in passenger visitors in December, in comparison with the identical month in 2023, together with a 6.3 p.c discount in worldwide visitors.
For the yr, Cancun’s airport noticed passenger visitors of 20.175 million — a 3.5 p.c decline in comparison with 2023.
It’s sufficient to be trigger for concern, significantly as competing locations within the Caribbean noticed extraordinarily sturdy finishes to the yr.
Is it crime? It’s a lack of promotion by Mexico’s community of vacationer boards? Or is demand for the Mexican Caribbean beginning to decelerate?
The following few months ought to inform us quite a bit.
— CJ
