Cancun and Riviera Maya, the most sought after for winter vacations

Cancun, QR. The online travel agency, Expedia Group, revealed that the most sought after destinations for this winter 2022 in Mexico are cancun and the Riviera Maya (Playa del Carmen and Tulum), representing two-thirds of all searches in Mexico, followed by Los Cabos; Puerto Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, CDMX and Baja California.

The agency also anticipates that for this winter, USA It will continue to be the largest source market for Mexico, representing 75% of all searches.

Furthermore, with the opening of borders and the lifting of travel restrictions, Canada becomes the second largest incoming market with a year-on-year growth of 115%.

The preferences of Americans for Mexico and specifically for the Mexican Caribbean coincide with the arrival statistics of travelers from the American Union in the first nine months of the year.

According to data from the Office of Immigration Affairs of the Secretary of the Interiorbetween January and August of this year, the arrival of 8 million 925,028 travelers from the United States, the largest issuing market of tourists to Mexico, is reported.

Of that total, the Cancun International Airport captured 3 million 841,256 North Americans, followed by CDMX with 1 million 122,110 and San José del Cabo with 1 million 348 034 travelers. In other words, in the reference period, the Mexican Caribbean has captured 42.6% of all US visitors who have entered the country between January and August of this year.

In the case of Canadian tourism, the preference for the Mexican Caribbean is proportionally even greater, since of 1 million travelers nationwide in the reference period, 56% entered the country through Cancun.

According to the projections of the hotel sector and the Secretary of Tourism from Quintana Roo, Cancun and the entire Mexican Caribbean will close the year with 5 million North American tourists, that is, an 18.1% increase compared to 2019, that is, compared to the year prior to the health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In addition to the increase in US and Canadian tourist volumes, Expedia also reported that while international travel restrictions eased around the world, making other destinations more accessible, Mexico saw a 45% increase in stays during the summer compared to 2019, in addition to hoteliers also seeing growth in their average daily rates with 30% from 2019, indicating higher demand across the country.

Finally, according to the agency, travelers are also booking more in advance, as last minute searches have decreased and more than 5% of travelers prefer to book 3 to 6 months in advance, compared to 2019 and 2021.

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