PUERTO VALLARTA (PVDN) – In the first semester of 2023, Puerto Vallarta emerged as the fifth-ranking destination in Mexico for hotel occupancy, trailing Nuevo Vallarta, which ranked fourth. The top spots were, yet again, dominated by destinations in Quintana Roo, as reported by the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur).
According to Sectur, from January to June 2023, there were a total of 42 million tourists in the country’s hotel rooms, out of which 30.2 million (72% of the total) were domestic tourists, while 11.8 million (28%) were international visitors.
The agency further reported that city destinations welcomed 22.8 million tourists to hotel rooms, while beach centers received 19.2 million during the first half of the year.
For beach centers, hotel occupancy in the first half of 2023 was 69.4%, marking an increase of 3.4 percentage points compared to the same period in 2022 when a 66% occupancy rate was observed. Meanwhile, city destinations reported a 51.7% occupancy rate, a significant increase of 6.8 percentage points compared to the 44.9% seen in the first half of 2022.
Sectur also highlighted the Comprehensively Planned Centers (CIP) as the segment with the highest occupancy at 74.3%, while the interior cities had the lowest at 46.7% during the first semester of 2023.
In terms of hotel occupancy by tourist centers, the top performers from January to June 2023 were Akumal (85.3%), Playacar (83.5%), Cabo San Lucas (81%), New Nayarit (78.8%), Puerto Vallarta (77.3%), and Cancun (76.6%).
Moreover, the number of average occupied rooms for the first half of 2023 reached a level of 259,075 units, representing a 12.3% increase compared to the same period in 2022. In beach centers, the average number of occupied rooms increased by 9.5% from the previous year, while in city destinations, the number increased by 15.9%.
The total average number of available rooms reached 431,460 in the first half of 2023, a growth of 2.3% compared to the previous year. Specifically, beach centers saw an increase of 4.2% in available rooms, while city destinations saw a modest increase of 0.7% during the same period.
This data underscores the continued growth of Mexico’s tourism industry, with increased hotel occupancy across various destinations, highlighting the importance of both city and beach destinations in attracting domestic and international tourists.
PUERTO VALLARTA (PVDN) - In the first semester of 2023, Puerto Vallarta emerged as the fifth-ranking destination in Mexico for hotel occupancy, trailing Nuevo Vallarta, which ranked fourth. The top spots were, yet again, dominated by destinations in Quintana Roo, as reported by the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur).
According to Sectur, from January to June 2023, there were a total of 42 million tourists in the country's hotel rooms, out of which 30.2 million (72% of the total) were domestic tourists, while 11.8 million (28%) were international visitors.
