Tourism to beach destinations in Mexico is less than half that of the same period last year, before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, and marks its worst February in 14 years. However, unlike 2007, when in February hotel occupancy reached 81%, this time it reports a level close to 40%, according to the Datatur Monitoring System of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur).
Faced with lower occupancy, hotels, airlines and travel agencies are struggling to survive, applying unprecedented discounts during 2021. Figures from Inegi show that, on average, Cancun hotels charged 10% less in the first half . . .
