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In 2024, Mexico welcomed more than ** million international tourists, increasing its tourism volume by *** percent versus a year earlier, fully recovering from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

Business tourism in Mexico

While the amount of total international travelers in Mexico was growing over the years prior to the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, the country’s same-day international guests were lessening, from over ** million in 2016 to roughly ** million excursionists in 2019. In the inbound business travel segment, tourism expenditures apart from transportation expenses have also decreased in recent years, contrary to the annual total spending from travelers motivated by personal reasons. During 2019, business travel in Mexico City was reported to cost international guests nearly *** U.S. dollars a day, with hotels accounting for over two thirds of that expense.

International air travel into Mexico

In 2019, around **** international visitors passed through Mexico City International Airport, the leading Mexican airport for inbound travel. During this time, the North American country’s flag carrier Aeroméxico handled the largest share of its international air passenger traffic, with nearly ** percent of the market. That same year, Grupo Aeroméxico generated a revenue of nearly **** billion Mexican pesos, which was a decrease from the almost **** billion Mexican pesos produced a year prior.