So far, the emergence of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 pandemic has not generated a negative impact on reservations, or on the flow of tourists to destinations in the Mexican Caribbean, explained Andrés Gerardo Aguilar Becerril, in charge of the office of the Tourism Secretariat of Quintana Roo.
In an interview, he said that the Mexican tourism sector authorities are very aware of the provisions that each country determines and redoubling prevention measures in order to remain a safe place for travelers. “We have a destination that takes care of its visitors and its collaborators,” he stressed.
The official explained that sanitary protocols In the entire chain of tourist attention in the state, together with the vaccination of employees and the general population, they allow us to be in a position to offer a safe and reliable destination for vacationing.
He recalled that the attractions of that entity have health protection and prevention certifications in tourist facilities that recognize more than 30 types of service providers.
With this, more than 1,000 units of the links of the entire value chain have been certified, for example, taxis, hotels, shops, hotels and consumption centers.
In Quintana Roo there are 116,000 hotel rooms, of which 89,000 are enrolled in the Health Prevention and Protection Platform.
The state government determined to reinforce the verification to validate compliance with good practices.
reported that after the appearance of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 there are only the measures applied in the United States, where the authorities reinstated the obligation of diagnostic tests.
In this sense, it indicated that Quintana Roo has the necessary evidence in order not to affect the mobility of passengers from that nation.
The markets of the Mexican Caribbean were reconfigured
On the other hand, Aguilar Becerril commented that the measures implemented by various countries to contain the advance of the Covid-19 pandemic has reconfigured the markets of origin of visitors to destinations in the Mexican Caribbean.
In this sense, he commented that in the recent edition of the Tourist Tianguis, the destinations of the Mexican Caribbean managed to consolidate this season and some months of next year.
Even important levels of reservations are being achieved for September and November, which are traditionally low seasons. He said that in 2021 in those months the occupancy levels exceeded by around 20% what was registered in 2019.
In addition, the Tourist Tianguis It served to corroborate that the North American market continues to consolidate, where there is a trend contrary to that recorded before the pandemic, when it had been contracting. Today we see that it is the opposite, it represents 43% of the market of the destinations of Quintana Roo. Another 43% represents the national market and the remaining various countries.
He also highlighted that in recent months the Colombian market has been strengthening, where air connectivity increased, which allowed the arrival of more travelers from that part of the southern part of the continent.
As of last Thursday, cases of the Omicron variant had been detected in Brazil, the US and Canada. On the matter, he said that these two countries had been evolving as intermittent markets, due to the fact that their authorities implemented very restrictive mobility measures. In the case of Canada, it went from being the second most important market to the sixth for destinations in Quintana Roo.
Meanwhile, Brazil has been rebounding and the arrival of travelers from that country is expected to increase considerably, since the Sao Paulo-Cancun Route will be reactivated on December 15, with three weekly frequencies.
Full houses are expected during the end of the year in some destinations
The state official explained that the end of the year season is very important for the state’s tourism industry and, according to reservation records, it is expected to exceed occupancy rates of 90 and 95 percent.
It is even estimated that some destinations in the northern part of the state will reach 100 percent a few days.
According to the person in charge of the office, it is estimated that, at the end of this year, the destinations of the Mexican Caribbean will receive more than 12.5 million tourists, which means a recovery of 80% of tourist activity compared to the levels registered in 2019 , before the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the end of 2020, the impact on the reduction of tourists to the destinations of Quintana Roo was 47%, compared to 2019, when on a national scale it was 80 percent.
“This has allowed us to recover sooner and we hope that by the beginning of next year, not only will the activity have been reestablished but that we can grow a little more,” he added.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx