Puerto Vallarta (PVDN) – Despite Puerto Vallarta’s impressive hotel occupancy rates during extended weekends and popular holidays such as Holy Week and Easter, the beachside city came in fifth across Mexico for the first quarter of 2023.
The federal Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) revealed that between January and March, the nation welcomed 19.8 million tourists. A significant majority (13.9 million) were domestic travelers, while the remaining 6 million came from abroad, accounting for 69.9% and 30.1% of the total, respectively. These figures emerged from the monitoring of 70 locations by DataTur.
Of the total, 10.8 million tourists opted for urban destinations, lodging in city hotel rooms, while 9 million chose beachfront accommodations during the initial three months of 2023.
Beach locations reported a substantial uptick in occupancy during this quarter, with rates climbing to 71.7%, a rise of 9 percentage points from the same period the previous year. Meanwhile, urban destinations also experienced a healthy increase, with occupancy rates going up by 9.9 percentage points to reach 50.7% compared to 40.8% in 2022.
In terms of specific destinations, the Integrally Planned Centers (CIP) boasted the highest occupancy rates at 78%, while the cities of the interior logged the lowest at 45.4%.
Throughout the first quarter of 2023, top destinations for occupancy included Akumal (87.6%), Playacar (86.6%), Cabo San Lucas (84.5%), Nuevo Nayarit (84.4%), Puerto Vallarta (83.6%), and Cancun (80.5%).
The average number of occupied rooms during this period reached 256,996, a 19% increase from the same time frame in 2022. The number of occupied rooms rose by 14.8% in beach resorts to 142,685, and by 24.8% in urban destinations to 114,311.
The total count of available units for January-March 2023 was 424,496, a marginal increase of 0.4% from the previous year. Both beach resorts and urban destinations reported an identical percentage increase of 0.4% in room availability, with 199,029 rooms and 225,467 rooms available, respectively.
In sum, 10.8 million tourists lodged in city hotels, while beach resorts accommodated 9.0 million visitors during the first quarter of 2023.
Puerto Vallarta (PVDN) - Despite Puerto Vallarta's impressive hotel occupancy rates during extended weekends and popular holidays such as Holy Week and Easter, the beachside city came in fifth across Mexico for the first quarter of 2023.
The federal Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) revealed that between January and March, the nation welcomed 19.8 million tourists. A significant majority (13.9 million) were domestic travelers, while the remaining 6 million came from abroad, accounting for 69.9% and 30.1% of the total, respectively. These figures emerged from the monitoring of 70 locations by DataTur.
