Thanksgiving Day boosts hotel occupancy in Cancun

Cancun, QR. The holiday bridge for Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving) -a holiday known throughout the world, which is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada- will leave for cancun an influx of tourists 20% higher than in 2019.

The Ministry of Tourism and hotel associations have reported that this hotel occupancy “atypical” for the season, is a reflection of the promotional actions of the destinations in tourist fairs, with programs with the federal government such as “Toca Puertas”, as well as the campaigns implemented jointly by the three levels of government and the private sector. .

Regardless of Thanksgiving Daysome hoteliers in the Mexican Caribbean are already registering an “atypical” November, that is, with occupancy of up to 90 percent.

The Hotel Association of Cancun, Puerto Morelos and Isla Mujeres reported in its daily report that with a total of 53,218 hotel keys in 213 affiliated resorts, they have recorded a cumulative occupancy rate of 79.5 percent so far in November.

And individually by destination, the Isla Mujeres Continental Zone is the one that registers the highest percentage with an accumulated 80.7% so far in the eleventh month of the year.

Regarding the closing of the year, the holder of the Ministry of Tourism from Quintana RooBernardo Cueto Riestra, stressed that the occupations that are expected will be up to 90%, taking into account that important markets for Quintana Roo such as Canada and England are returning, which maintained sanitary restrictions.

Meanwhile he Cancun International Airport it remains above 500 daily operations, between arrivals and departures, most of these on international flights.

The federal Ministry of Tourism issued a statement in which it anticipates that in the interior of the country, an occupancy of 82% is forecast in Puerto Vallarta, 81% in Riviera Nayarit, 80.1% in Cancun, 80% in Los Cabos, 79.3% in Riviera Maya, 69.6% in Acapulco, 63.6% in Mérida, 59% in Mexico City, 58.4% in Puebla, 57.2% in San Cristóbal de las Casas, 56% in Monterrey, 52% in Querétaro, 50% in San Miguel de Allende, 50% in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 49% in Aguascalientes and 47% in Villahermosa.

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