PUERTO VALLARTA (PVDN) – DataTur figures reveal that Puerto Vallarta clinched the sixth spot nationwide for hotel occupancy from January to July.
According to the Federal Ministry of Tourism (Sectur), there was a reported arrival of 50.4 million tourists in hotel rooms in this period. Notably, national tourists dominated the statistics, with 36.9 million, or 73.1%. In contrast, foreign tourists accounted for 26.9%, with 13.5 million.
When examining specifics, cities recorded 27.1 million tourists staying in hotel rooms from January to July 2023, while beach destinations registered 23.3 million.
The cumulative hotel occupancy across the 70 centers DataTur monitored was 60.2%. This figure denotes an impressive growth of 4.7 percentage points over the same period in 2022. Among beach centers, the occupancy rate hit 69.2% – a 2.5 percentage point rise from 2022’s 66.7%. Meanwhile, city destinations marked an occupancy of 52.2%, a surge of 6.2 percentage points from the previous year’s 45.9%.
Interestingly, the Comprehensively Planned Centers (CIP) topped the list with the highest occupancy of 74.3%. In contrast, interior cities lagged with the lowest occupancy rate, recording 47.3%.
In a breakdown of hotel occupancy by tourist centers, the leaders in the race were Akumal (85.1%), followed closely by Playacar (84.1%), Cabo San Lucas (81.2%), Nuevo Nayarit (78.4%), Cancun (76.4%), and Puerto Vallarta (76.3%).
Data further highlighted that between January and July 2023, the average number of occupied rooms stood at 261,446. This figure marks an 11.5% growth from the same period in 2022. Beach centers reported an average of 142,489 occupied rooms, up 9% from 2022, while city destinations saw a 14.7% increase with 118,958 occupied rooms.
On the availability front, there were 434,020 average rooms available in the January-July 2023 period, which is 2.9% more than the previous year. The split reveals beach centers with 205,950 average available rooms (up 5.1% from 2022) and city destinations with 228,070, which is a 1% growth.
The recent trends underscore the hotel industry’s resilience and growth trajectory. As evidence, the addition of 13,502 new rooms in 2021 brought the total to 867,328, a 3.7% rise from 2019, paving the way for more employment opportunities and economic advancement.
PUERTO VALLARTA (PVDN) - DataTur figures reveal that Puerto Vallarta clinched the sixth spot nationwide for hotel occupancy from January to July.
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