Despite the electoral process that both Mexico and the United States are experiencing, and the high price of the Mexican peso against the dollar, the North American market continues to be the main supplier of tourism to the Mexican Caribbean, and shows constant growth in the flow of visitors. .
In fact, according to the report issued by the State Tourism Secretariat (Sedetur) of Quintana Roo called ‘How are we doing in tourism?’, referring to the period January and February of this year, in the first two months of the year the Mexican Caribbean already reports 4.5% growth in tourist arrivals compared to the previous year.
The North American market continues to be the one with the greatest contribution to the destination with 37.6%, followed by national tourists with 29% and in third place Canada with 15.4%. The next markets that are contributing to the indicator are the United Kingdom and Colombia – despite their restrictions and non-admissions –, followed by Argentina, France, Germany, Spain and Brazil, the latter also despite the fact that electronic visas were not activated.
In the first two months, specifically, it is recognized that in the state that houses Cancún or Riviera Maya, markets such as Argentina, Colombia, Germany and Spain have had a decrease in their contributions, although they continue to remain within the top ten of main markets. emitters for the destination.
In the specific case of Colombia, the impact has been stronger and there has been a double-digit reduction, that is, almost ten thousand Colombians who stopped visiting Quintana Roo in the first two months due to the restrictions, non-admissions and mistreatment of the Institute. National Immigration to the visitor of that country. (USA, Mexico and Canada lead recovery of the airline industry).
Likewise, as revealed REPORTUR.mxDuring the month of March in Cuba, Spanish tourism fell, while Mexican and Argentine tourism soared, with the great surprise of Spanish visitors who traditionally occupied fifth place, and who went from 16,996 visitors in 2023 to 14,036 in the same period of March (Cuba: Spanish tourism falls and Mexican and Argentine tourism soars).
