During the first half of 2024, 1 million 822 thousand 725 foreigners arrived in Jalisco, a figure that represents a 7.4% increase compared to the same period in 2023, according to the report published by the Federal Government’s Migration Policy Unit.
According to the report sent by the State Government’s Tourism Secretariat, during the first half of 2024, 1 million 439 thousand 949 Americans arrived in Jalisco, a figure 8.2% higher than in 2023. In this same period, 310 thousand 910 Canadians arrived, 4.2% more than last year. 79% of the total foreign visitors were Americans, while 17.1% were Canadian. They are followed by the United Kingdom, Colombia, India, China, Spain, Germany and Australia.
The agency detailed that the arrival of tourists has been growing thanks to the greater air connectivity that the state has. Recently, WestJet announced air connections to Puerto Vallarta for the winter season from Canada. The flights will be to Abbotsford, Comox, Kelowna, Prince George, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Toronto.
For its part, Air Transat announced an additional frequency for its service from Montreal to Puerto Vallarta, which will be available from February 11 to March 25, 2025. In addition to this, there will also be 4 new international flights with Alaska Airlines to Puerto Vallarta. It will add flights to New York, Sacramento, Kansas City and Saint Louis Missouri, in 2025.
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Within this new opening of new markets, the management carried out by the Ministry of Tourism and the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Trust to carry out a charter flight from Prague, in the Czech Republic, which will have flights from October of this year to April 2025 with a weekly frequency, stands out. The objective is to attract clients from the three main cities of the Czech Republic: Prague, Brno and Ostrava.
In addition, on September 13, the Guadalajara-Toronto route will begin operations, operated by the Canadian Flair Airlines. It will be the second air connection that the capital of Jalisco will have with Canada.
The Ministry of Tourism assured that it will redouble its efforts to promote Jalisco’s tourist destinations internationally, opening new markets and taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the increase in flight capacity at the airports of Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta.
“Without a doubt, the strategy implemented by the Government of Jalisco, together with the tourism trusts and the collaborative work with commercial allies such as airlines, tour operators and the route committees that we have with the Pacific Airport Group for the increase of international air connections, have resulted in this 7.4% increase in the arrival of foreign tourists compared to the first half of 2023,” said Vanessa Pérez Lamas, Secretary of Tourism of Jalisco.
Source: informador
