Japanese are the biggest spenders among tourists in Mexico
Source：Informador.MX
From：Taiwan Trade Center Mexico
Update Time：2019/03/09
According to Mexico`s Tourism Secretary, Miguel Torruco Marqués, the new government´s strategy to capture more tourist dollars will focus more on attracting big spenders.
Torruco expects tourists to spend approximately US $23.2 billion in Mexico this year, nearly 4% more than the previous year (2018). According to the World Tourism Organization, Mexico was the 6th most visited country in the world in 2017, but came in 40th place in terms of the average amount spent by tourists.
Recent figures conclude that among the nationalities that spend the most while visiting Mexico, the Japanese were in first place, spending an average of $2,008 (not including air tariff). In term of visitor numbers, Japan was in 17th place with 140,363 visitors.
Japanese tourists tend to visit Mexico City, Cancún and the Riviera Maya, staying for an average of 7 nights. Seven out of 10 visitors chose to stay in four or five-star hotels.
Chinese tourists were the second biggest spenders, leaving an average of US $1,878. The Secretariat of Tourism has made special efforts to attract Chinese tourists to Mexicali-Baja California region, where Chinese immigrants constructed a historic underground city.
Australians, with an average expenditure of US $1,382, came in third place. Most hailed from Sydney or Melbourne and visited Los Cabos-Cancún, the Riviera Maya or Mexico City for about two weeks.
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