This year’s summer season will be complicated, even more so than the already difficult 2025 season, acknowledged Bernardo Cueto Riestra, Secretary of Tourism for Quintana Roo. He emphasized that a significant factor is the global reduction in airline seats due to the increase in jet fuel prices, which puts the leading Caribbean destination on alert, in contrast to the boom experienced by its rival, Punta Cana.
“There’s a 10% reduction in available airline seats during these months, which will prevent us from reaching last year’s figures,” he stated in an interview, adding that this figure could equate to about 400,000 seats. He estimated that the number of visitors this summer will exceed one million, but will not reach the optimistic projections made in the wake of the World Cup.
“As we’ve said, the international situation hasn’t allowed us to have the desired connectivity for the World Cup to have the impact we hoped for,” he added, although he noted that in recent weeks they have seen positive figures for domestic and U.S. flights.
The high cost of jet fuel, a consequence of armed conflicts, has forced many airlines to readjust routes or frequencies, or even to close down, as in the case of Spirit and Magnicharters. However, as REPORTUR.mx has been revealing, these factors are not affecting the other major Caribbean destination, Punta Cana.
Source: reportur
