Vallarta to have the highest hotel occupancy during May long weekends

Once again Puerto Vallarta will top the list of tourist destinations with the highest hotel occupancy. According to the Federal Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR), this Jalisco resort will be in first place during the May 1st and 5th long weekends, with an estimated 84% hotel occupancy rate.

During these long weekends for Labor Day and the Battle of Puebla, Puerto Vallarta will have the first place in tourist arrivals in Mexico, mainly from the national market, followed by Cancun with 82.1%; Los Cabos with 79.6%; Acapulco with 77% and Aguascalientes with 73.4%.

The list continues with Querétaro, with 66.4%; Mexico City, with 64.3%; Puebla, with 61.5%; Villahermosa, with 51.1%; San Miguel de Allende, with 49.9%; Tuxtla Gutiérrez, with 47.6% and San Cristóbal de las Casas, with 43.7%.

National tourism outlook

At the national level, SECTUR forecasts an economic revenue of 8,398 million pesos for all the Mexican destinations described above, only for hotel accommodations, and the total number of tourists will be around 2,872,000 who will stay in hotels of all categories (traditional, three, four or five stars, or grand tourism).

Meanwhile, in other forms of lodging such as condominiums, hostels, rental houses, and more, Sectur projects the mobilization of 3 million 410 thousand domestic tourists, who will stay with family or friends in their homes, or in second homes, resulting in a total of 5.6 million domestic tourists in both forms of lodging for the two long weekends.

With reporting by Efrén Urrutia for Tribuna de la Bahía