Overview
- Inegi reported that one measure of international arrivals rose 15.6% year over year to just over 8.79 million in November, while its visitors metric counted 4,164,530, up 5.6%.
- Total foreign-exchange receipts from international travelers reached $3.0016 billion in November, a 9% annual increase, with the air segment accounting for 79% of those earnings but slowing versus October.
- Average spending per tourist decreased 5.7% from a year earlier to $341.37 in November.
- Air travel made up 82.2% of entries, while land arrivals totaled 421,524 (17.8%) and grew 18.1% year over year.
- Inegi data show an 8.5% rise in inflows to northern border states versus 3.5% elsewhere in November; Mexico received 45.03 million international tourists in 2024, and Sectur projects roughly 48 million for 2025.