The tourist transportation It was another of the sectors affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, however in the last six months its demand has picked up.
In an interview for The EconomistJorge de Córdova, Chief Commercial Officer and co-founder of Central Shuttleindicated so far in 2022 there has been considerable growth in the demand for tourist transport even surpassing what was recorded in 2019.
“When we started in 2019 we were reporting sales of half a million dollars in six months, with the pandemic the numbers fell overnight, we went from having 200 daily sales to zero sales, people were canceling, they didn’t want to travel,” he said. .
“By November 2020 we were already beginning to resume the market and recover, the first quarter of 2021 was very good, in fact we had problems operating due to the growth in passenger demand, and we continue to grow, in fact, by the end of 2021 and at the beginning of 2022 we are already 100% recovered, what is more, we are 25 to 30% above what was registered in 2019”.
Central Shuttle It is a technology platform that was born in 2019 and that has the objective of connecting local tourist transportation and helping companies in the tourist industry to sell safe point-to-point transportation to increase their passenger network.
They are currently present in 162 cities in 12 countries, covering all of Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America, and are beginning their expansion to 10 cities in the United States.
According to Jorge de Córdova, through the platform of Central Shuttle They are currently operating an average of 400 daily transfers that move approximately 700 passengers daily, with Cancun and Punta Cana being the destinations with the highest influx.
“Transportation is one of the most important aspects that tourists consider when visiting a new city, they require accessible, safe and reliable options to move as if they were locals,” said the co-founder of Shuttle Central.
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