The Secretary of Tourism, Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, reported that the income of foreign currency from international visitors showed an increase of 6.6 percent more than what was registered in 2023.
Rodríguez Zamora indicated that in the first eight months of the year the arrival of 29 million international tourists was recorded, which represents an increase of 5.5 percent compared to 2023.
The Secretary of Tourism of the Government of Mexico, Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, reported that the income of foreign currency from international visitors was 22,478 million dollars, in the period January-August 2024, 6.6 percent more than what was registered in the same period of 2023.
Based on the results of the International Travelers Survey, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the head of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) indicated that in the first eight months of the year the arrival of 29 million international tourists was recorded. international tourists, which represents an increase of 5.5 percent compared to 2023.
He pointed out that the average expenditure on inbound tourism by air also showed an increase, registering 1,178.3 dollars, 2.4 percent higher than that registered in January-July 2023.
Rodríguez Zamora recalled that according to expectations, the arrival of 45 million 242 thousand international tourists is estimated in 2024, a figure 7.3% higher than that registered in 2023, with an economic spillover of 33 thousand 450 million dollars from international visitors, 36.1 percent more than in 2019 and 8.6 percent higher than that registered in 2023.
Likewise, the average expenditure on inbound tourism by air is expected to be 1,151 dollars, 14.9 and 2.2 percent more than that registered in 2019 and 2023, respectively.
The Secretary of Tourism, Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, emphasized the importance of continuing to promote community tourism, since it represents a way to generate jobs and direct income, for the benefit of local populations, as instructed by the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
Source: gob
