Beach destinations in Quintana Roo, such as Holbox and Isla Mujeres, will welcome the year 2024 with the challenge of raising hotel rates.
The Mexican Caribbean is preparing to close 2023 with more than 20 million total tourists in the year, a record number of passengers at its airport, and begin 2024 with the boost from the start of the Mayan Train and the new Tulum international airport, but also the challenge of raising rates.
The authorities expect that in the coming days the record of 32 million passengers will be exceeded at the Cancun International Airport (AIC), which has usual connectivity with 114 national and international cities, but reaches 120 connections in high season.
On the beaches of Cancun alone, tourism entrepreneurs expect the arrival of 1.8 million travelers for the winter season, which includes the months of December, January and part of February.
Destinations such as Holbox, Isla Mujeres and some parts of the Riviera Maya are completely full, especially the days before the end of the year.
These tourist sites are in the state of Quintana Roo, which captures almost half of international tourism in Mexico, where the number of tourists from abroad grew by 12.1% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2023, according to the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur). .
Jesús Almaguer Salazar, president of the Association of Hotels of Cancún, Isla Mujeres and Puerto Morelos, explained that the current winter season will leave income exceeding 2,000 million dollars, reflecting the constant recovery that the region has maintained after the covid pandemic. -19.
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