16.6 million passengers flew into Mexico, decrease in tourist numbers in the first half of 2019

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Mexico’s commercial aviation industry saw weakest growth rate since 2011 for the first half of  2019 as per data from the Civil Aviation Agency (DGAC).

There has been a 2.5 percent fall in the number of arrivals from foreign airlines and this was the major reason for the decline.

Between January and June 16.6 million passengers flew into Mexico on foreign airlines as compared to 17 million during the same period in 2018.

There was a 5.1 per cent drop in the number of passengers entering Mexico visa U.S. airlines  during the first six months. This was more than double the overall reduction in arrivals from foreign carriers.

There was an overall reduction of 0.4 per cent in the United States citizens flying into the country which is a leading source of visitors to Mexico.

According to Gemes consultancy this was Mexico’s “worst performance” in attracting the U.S. tourists since 2012.

The number of arrivals coming from Canada, Mexico’s second-most important tourism market also saw a decrease.

Earlier this year the dissolution of Mexico’s Tourism Council and the lack of tourism marketing and development efforts is considered as the primary reason for the ebb in the international visitor volume.

During the first six months of 2019, the number of passengers from abroad flying into the country aboard Mexican airlines increased 10 percent in comparison to the same period last  year.

For the first half of the year the domestic airline-passenger figures went up to 8.5 per cent. But the growth was not as strong as in 2018 which saw a 9.2 percent increase over the same months in 2017.

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