During the first quarter of the year Nuevo León (NL) received 77 percent more visitors compared to the same period a year before, however, their spending was, on average, 11 percent lower, statistics from the Ministry of Tourism reveal. state.
In the period January-March 2024, there were 727,233 hosted visitors, which generated a profit of 6,559 million pesos (mdp), or 9,019 pesos each, while in the same period a year before There were 410,823 people who spent a total of 4,162 million pesos, or 10,131 pesos each.
The state agency specifies that the data is an approximate calculation of tourists staying in hotels only and who report to Datatur, so other types of accommodation or visitors without overnight stays are not considered.
The hotel occupancy indicator moved positively. In the first quarter it stood at 62 percent, exceeding the 53 percent of the accumulated January-March 2023.
Despite this progress, the hotel occupancy level is below the 67 percent reported in the year prior to the pandemic, that is, 2019.
In this area, the state Sectur indicates that it is the average of occupied rooms over the rooms offered daily in hotels that report to Datatur, and here there is a difference in the number of rooms, since as of March 2024 there were 16,758 rooms. As of March 2019 there were 13,826.
Greater activity also occurred in the number of passengers, reporting an increase of 63 percent, going from one million 749 thousand 321 passengers in the first quarter of 2023, to 2 million 853 thousand 224 passengers in the same period of the current year. .
Sectur NL clarifies that this statistic includes all passengers using the airport (arrivals and departures) of commercial passenger airlines, both national and international.
In the accumulated flights of the first three months of the year there were 24,858 flights operated at the Monterrey International Airport, an increase of 56 percent compared to the same period last year.
The state agency indicates that flights that take off and land at the airport of all commercial passenger airlines are considered.
