Cancun is exceeding all expectations in 2022!

As a tourist destination, and in just 6 months, Cancun is exceeding all expectations in 2022. In this article, we explain how this increase in popularity has affected tourism, hotel employment and flights to Cancun…

Speaking of numbers, right now, closing the first half of 2022, Cancun has 10% more tourist arrivals than in 2019 at the start of the pandemic. The rise of the American market in Cancun as a destination it was 30% in general terms, which makes it the main market. This has favored greater investment in hotel projects that guarantee better jobs and the recovery of accommodation rates.

To give you an idea, to date, Cancun has opened 1,196 new rooms, making it the second destination with the largest new inventory in the country. Today, you can book outside of 35 thousand rooms available in Cancunand 74.2% occupancy of 40,000 rooms in the Riviera Maya.

Beginning of 2022

The Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco, announced that from January to April 2022 the arrival of six million 787 thousand international tourists by plane to Mexico according to their nationality was recorded, an increase of 124.2% compared to 2021.

Between January and April, Cancun International Airportthe international airport of Mexico City and Los Cabos were the airports that received the largest number of international tourists.

the mexican caribbean was ready to receive 3 million 567 thousand tourists in the summer. Faced with the recovery in demand, during the first half of the year, accommodation rates increased by an average of 12.6%. It was no surprise when, last month, Cancun had the highest occupancy rate of any tourist destination in the country, at 79.7%, followed by Puerto Vallarta with 74.5% and Los Cabos with 73.1%, reported Miguel Torruco, Secretary of Tourism.

Exceeding expectations

Benjamin Jimenezdirector of Strategic operation of the Quintana Roo Tourism Promotion Council (CPTQ), assured that the expectations of visitor arrivals in the State continue to rise, with 3.5 million, a figure 10% higher than the 2019 summer season, the last holiday season of this time with 100% of the services in operation.

Tthe stage of recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic has already been passed move to a growth one. With the reactivation of more air routes between Cancun, Europe and South America, we can certainly expect this to strengthen during the coming holidays.

In addition, the international airport will be interconnected with 44 cities in the United States. Then it will be surpassing the ten routes in the neighboring country before the pandemic. He added that for the second half of this year, a 25% increase in airline seats is expected, that is, 18 million from the different destinations that already connect Cancun, Cozumel and Chetumal, which is added to that represented by Los Cabos. , Puerto Vallarta, Montego Bay, Punta Cana and the Bahamas.

Current air occupancy is then estimated to be 80% on average, which gives a good idea of ​​what to expect for the next semester.

Hotel Occupation

Cancun maintains national and international preferences like The best destination in Mexico, ranks first in hotel occupancy with 76.1%. They follow Puerto Vallarta with 75.6% and Los Cabos with 69.5%.

It is clear to the eyes that the Riviera Maya became a favorite destination for tourists to take a break from the pandemic lockdown. The hotels took it very seriously in predicting this increase in tourism. In the first five months of the year, Cancun and the Riviera Maya accounted for 75% of open hotel rooms nationwide, with nine hotels open. A little more than half, or 1,665, are located in the Riviera Maya.