Queretaro, Qro. During the next long weekend (on March 21, the birthday of Benito Juárez), the hotel sector estimates an occupancy rate of up to 65% in the state, according to projections by the National Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Kanak Sevytur), Queretaro delegation.
The economic activity generated during these days will be the preamble to the dynamics expected for the Easter holiday period, explained the president of the chamber in the state, Fabián Camacho Arredondo.
“In the hotel occupancy of those who belong to the chamber of commerce, we expect an occupancy of up to 65% throughout the entity, this particularly represents an important date in the face of what will be Holy Week,” he explained.
The hotel sector is expected to be one of the most benefited businesses, as well as restaurants and shopping malls. In general, it is projected that this bridge will leave an economic spill of 450 million pesos, which represents a figure similar to that obtained in 2018, almost two years prior to the covid-19 pandemic.
“That it can be an important oxygen tank for the tourism and social events sector (…) But at least for this weekend, we expect 450 million pesos of spillage for consumption, per visit, for activity in shopping malls, in restaurants” , commented.
However, he urged the population to maintain health protocols because the pandemic is still active; in the same way, with the objective of guaranteeing economic opening conditions for the following vacations.
According to the businessman, the second half of 2022 could be the year of Economic recovery for tertiary activities, anticipating that in that period the level of income that they had in February 2020, before the effects of the pandemic, will be resumed.
“We are expecting that by the second half of 2022 we can have the recovery, as we were in February 2020. Having the spillover and sales that we had in February 2020, however, this represents a two-year lag in the that there was no economic activity,” he said.
Measures
Regarding the continuity of the use of the face mask, the leader of kanak He urged that this measure be maintained, as long as there is no new determination by the state authorities. Similarly, it was pronounced that local businesses maintain the use of CO2 meters, as a prevention of contagion.
During the third quarter of 2021, trade in Querétaro grew 4.85%, after advancing 22.45% in the second quarter and 1% in the first, details the Quarterly Indicator of State Economic Activity (ITAEE), of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (inegi).