The Ixtapa Zihuatanejo tourist complex in Guerrero will increase the number of foreign visitors through the arrival of two charter flights from Canada and the United States.
Pedro Castelán, executive director of the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Convention and Visitors Bureau, reported that a direct flight is already being received from Vancouver, Canada; and another from San Francisco, California.
Currently, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo already receives 12 cities with direct flights from the United States and Canada, which allowed 654 thousand passengers to arrive at that tourist destination in 2023.
With the two announced flights, the total number of foreign tourists arriving at that destination is expected to reach 665,000 throughout 2024.
With the two announced flights, the total number of foreign tourists arriving at that destination is expected to reach 665,000 throughout 2024.
The winter season in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo began at the end of October and these flights will continue until the month of April, with significant frequencies. In 2023, 654 thousand passengers, both national and international, were transported to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo and this year we expect 665 thousand tourists in total to arrive by the month of December, where a percentage greater than 80 percent is expected to stay in hotels,” said the official.
The new flights correspond to one from Calgary, Canada, from the WestJet airline; and another that arrives from San Francisco, California, from the Alaska Airlines line.
Currently there are already 12 cities in the United States and Canada from which regular flights are made to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo.
Source: excelsior
