In the first two months of 2023, 3 million 740 thousand international tourists arrived by air in Mexico according to their nationality, which represents an increase of 23.4% compared to what was recorded during the same period of 2022.
The Secretary of Tourism of the Government of Mexico, Miguel Torruco, said that according to information from the Immigration-Registration and Identity Policy Unit of the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), this figure also exceeds the arrivals registered in the during the first two months of 2019, with 9.7%, when 3 million 410 thousand international tourists were registered.
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He indicated that the main countries of international tourist arrivals in the first two months of 2023 were the United States, Canada and Colombia, with 2 million 836 thousand tourists; This is 24.3% more than the same period in 2022, and also exceeding the 2,463,000 tourists of 2019 by 15.1%.
The Secretary mentioned that the arrival of Canadian tourists by air in the first two months of 2023 was 663,740, which is 124% more than the 296,275 tourists who arrived during the same period of 2022; being only 5.4% of reaching those captured in 2019, which were 701 thousand 292 tourists.
He also said that during this period, Cancun, Mexico City International Airport (AICM) and Puerto Vallarta were the airports that received the most international tourists, with 2 million, 739,000 tourists, or 19, 9% more than the first. two months of 2022; also exceeding with 5.2%, the arrivals of the first two months of 2019, when 2 million 603 thousand tourists arrived.
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