Quintana Roo on track to rival Las Vegas in total hotel rooms

Quintana Roo is connected way to surpass 140,000 edifice rooms successful the adjacent 5 years, according to estimates from the authorities Tourism Ministry (Sedetur). That fig volition rival Las Vegas’s existent edifice country capableness of 145,000 rooms, and could adjacent transcend it if the existent lodging roar accelerates. 

At the moment, the southeastern state, celebrated for its Caribbean coast, has much than 135,000 rooms crossed astir 1,500 hotels, reflecting a 9.2% maturation complaint since 2022. Last twelvemonth alone, Quintana Roo added much than 4,000 caller rooms, with large caller edifice openings scheduled, including the H10 Costa Mujeres and Hotel Riu Ventura Cancún, arsenic good arsenic the precocious inaugurated caller Grupo Meliá Hotel successful Cancún.

One of the edifice hotels acceptable to unfastened this year, the Riu Ventura successful Cancún, volition adhd 700 rooms to Quintana Roo’s full count. (PAX/on X)

The expansion reflects Quintana Roo’s lasting arsenic the largest tourism offering successful Mexico and the Caribbean, spearheading edifice maturation nationwide. If it does surpass Las Vegas’s edifice offer, it would presumption the authorities arsenic 1 of the astir important tourer destinations successful the world.

According to Governor Mara Lezama, Quintana Roo’s maturation reveals capitalist assurance successful the sustainable and diversified tourism exemplary promoted by her government. “These developments are portion of the New Era of Tourism, wherever we enactment to warrant shared well-being and prosperity, ensuring that nary 1 is near retired of Quintana Roo’s tourism destination,” Lezama said. 

In summation to Quintana Roo’s edifice expansion, the state’s tourism assemblage is besides notable for attracting overseas investment. Last year, reports showed that the authorities captured 4 retired of each 10 dollars invested successful Mexico’s tourism industry. These figures made the authorities the starring destination for overseas concern nationwide successful the archetypal fractional of 2024. In total, it raised US $420 million, successful summation to the US $700 cardinal that Xcaret edifice radical announced. 

Despite these affirmative projections, Quintana Roo and the remainder of the Mexican Caribbean lag down different destinations successful the Caribbean successful presumption of the maturation complaint successful the fig of visiting tourists. 

Last year, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Jamaica recorded visitant maturation rates higher than those of the Mexican Caribbean successful caller years.

Francisco Madrid Flores, caput of the Center for Advanced Research successful Sustainable Tourism (STARC) astatine Anáhuac University successful Cancún, noted that portion a afloat betterment of tourism successful Mexico is shaping up for 2025, formation destinations volition proceed to spot a 2% diminution successful visitors. He suggested authorities indispensable code respective issues, specified arsenic migration protocols and organization promotion. Otherwise, Mexico volition proceed to suffer marketplace stock to different destinations.

With reports from El Economista, Conectando Negocios and Quintana Roo Hoy