Tourism Ministry reports a bump in foreign visitors

Mexico registered a 3.5% summation successful overseas visitors arriving by aerial during the archetypal 3 months of the year, with U.S. arrivals starring the way.

The Tourism Ministry reported that much than 6.1 cardinal overseas tourists arrived astatine Mexican airports during the archetypal quarter, with much than 3.9 cardinal holding U.S. passports. Canadians were next, with conscionable implicit 1.2 cardinal visitors. Argentinians were 3rd connected the database with 114,719.

Among the millions of overseas visitors to Mexico, immoderate find clip to unbend connected Cancún’s celebrated beaches. (Elizbeth Ruiz/Cuartoscuro)

Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez said the Q1 information demonstrates the value of the economical narration among the 3 North American countries, adding that it is captious that Mexico “broadens, maintains and strengthens” ties with the U.S. and Canada.

In that vein, Rodríguez touted Mexico’s archetypal tourism bureau successful the country’s consulate successful San Diego. The existent grounds determination features tourer attractions successful the authorities of Oaxaca.

Compared to Q1 2024 erstwhile 5.25 cardinal U.S. tourists flew into Mexico, aerial arrivals by U.S. visitors during the archetypal 3 months this twelvemonth accrued by 5.1%. At the aforesaid time, 13% much Canadians flew to Mexico during Q1 2025 than successful the aforesaid play past year. Argentine arrivals accrued by 32.5% implicit Q1 2024.

These figures correspond a important betterment implicit 2019, the past afloat twelvemonth earlier the Covid pandemic. 

Air arrivals by U.S. citizens successful Q1 2025 were astir 35% higher than successful Q1 2019, portion combined U.S., Canadian and Argentine arrivals this twelvemonth were 28.6% amended than during Q1 2019, Rodríguez said.

With reports from Forbes México and Infobae