More than 22 billion dollars from international visitors to Mexico from January to August 2024 / @SECTUR_mx >>>
#SECTUR.- The Secretary of Tourism of the Government of Mexico, Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, informed that foreign exchange income from international visitors was 22,478 million dollars in the January-August 2024 period, 6.6 percent more than that 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, 29 million international tourists arrived, which represents an increase of 5.5 percent compared to 2023.
He pointed out that the average expenditure per inbound tourism by air also showed an increase, registering 1,178.3 dollars, 2.4 percent higher than that recorded 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 percent higher than that recorded in 2023, with an economic spill of 33 billion 450 million dollars from international visitors, 36.1 percent more than in 2019 and 8.6 percent higher than that recorded in 2023.
Likewise, the average expenditure per inbound tourism by air is expected to be 1,151 dollars, 14.9 and 2.2 percent higher than in 2019 and 2023, respectively.
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