Travel to Yucatan – Mexico up nearly +14%
Source：Travel Pulse
From：Taiwan Trade Center Mexico
Update Time：2019/11/05
Travel to Yucatán is up as the tourism board SEFOTOUR is reporting strong numbers for 2019. Overall growth increased by +13.5%, and +27% in April alone. Arrivals at the Mérida International Airport has May as the best month in 50 years of history, according to figures from ASUR.
The statistics were announced by Secretary of Tourism Development for the State of Yucatán, Michelle Fridman Hirsch, as part of a presentation on the results of the tourism promotion work done under her administration to date.
At the end of 2018, Yucatán reported an average increase of +12.6% in overnight visitors, of which, international tourism grew by +35.9%, an important figure for the balance between the national and international markets for the destination.
During the first four months of 2019, the state registered an increase of 90,000 tourists and 51,000 new seats on airline routes. Commenting on the performance of the seven most recently inaugurated air routes, Fridman Hirsch said that "these new routes have shown an excellent performance in occupancy.