The timeshare and vacation industry in Mexico, which contributed outstandingly to the rapid recovery of tourism in the country’s destinations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, contemplates the operation of 21 new tourism developments for this year, 10 of them in the southeast of the country, with 4,714 rooms and the generation of 3,135 jobs.
According to study prepared by ACOTUR and Expansión There are 303 hotels that operate in Mexico under this modality, with almost 65,000 rooms and 95 sales rooms, which employ more than 88,000 people.
Last year, according to the study, sales nationwide reached 1,254 million dollars, which represented a 110% increase over the previous year. The memberships sold were more than 119,000, while the hotel occupancy of the vacation clubs was 63%, with 63% foreign visitors and 37% nationals.
The vacation industry in the Mexican southeast, especially that of the Mexican Caribbean, totals 103 hotels, with almost 45,000 rooms, with sales in 2021 of 904 million dollars. Last year more than 93,000 memberships were sold in this region, with only 10% cancellations.
The market that trusts the most in traveling to Mexico is the North American, with 71% confirmations this year, and of these travelers, one in three reserves a hotel with an all-inclusive program. For their part, Latin American countries continue to recover their travel trends to Mexico, among the countries that stand out are Colombia and Brazil, which is currently returning to Mexican beaches.