Long weekends will be held in Mexico to revive the economy

The Secretary of Tourism of Mexico, Miguel Torruco Marqués, reported during the afternoon conference on Wednesday that they will stay long weekends in the country to detonate the economy and domestic tourism.

He stated that this afternoon he spoke with the President of the Republic, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who authorized the disclosure that, to detonate domestic tourism, It’s fundamental”.

Regarding the long weekendssaid the secretary, hotel occupancy increases more than 7 and 8 points, there are more than 2 million tourists hosted in “branch” hotels, and 5 million tourists travel, above all, to the 121 Magical Towns, with a spill of 38,400,000 million pesos.

The secretary pointed out that the tourist activity for the country it is essential and a priority, so it must be reactivated urgently to avoid greater job losses and greater damages, respecting the rigor of the traffic lights that have been started by the Ministry of Health (SSa).

On May 12, in the framework of a meeting of the National Conference of Governors (Conago), a working group was formed for the establishment of a protocol of sanitary guidelines, in conjunction with the SSa, for the gradual opening of the tourism sector.

Torruco Marqués reported that, this morning, met with the Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell, the undersecretary of Transport, Carlos Alfonso Morán Moguel, the presidents of the National Tourist Business Council and the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism.

Also present at the meeting Governors and Secretaries of Tourism of ten states that represent 50.5% of tourism GDP: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Mexico City, Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, and Sinaloa.

“We are in difficult times for Mexico and for the entire world. We are facing a health crisis that has impacted many productive sectors, including tourism, one of the main economic activities in the country, with a contribution to GDP of 8.7 percent“, said.

He reported that during 2019 more than 45 million international tourists were received, with an economic spill of USD 24,563,000 million. Total tourism consumption, which includes foreign and domestic tourism, is USD 173.509 billion, of which 83% belongs to the national market.

The secretary reported that the arrival of international tourists has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a decrease in the first quarter of 2020 of 34.4% Compared to the same period of the previous year.

One of the economic sectors hardest hit by the health emergency that has caused the COVID-19 is he tourism, because due to the mobility restrictions to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus, the industry loses 114 jobs per hour across the country.

These are data from the Tourist Research and Competitiveness Center (Cicotur) of the Anahuac University, which has accounted so far 3.1 million jobs, when in this same month of 2019, the figure was 4.1 million jobs. The industries that have been most affected are the airlines and the Hotels.

However, the number could be higher, was noted in the report on the impact of the pandemic published this Monday, since the estimate in relation to lost jobs does not consider a stage where the companies fail.

During this period, the tourism industry loses about 4 billion pesos a day due to consumption during the health emergency, due to inactivity. This figure represents an equivalent to 80% of the total budget that the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) had planned for this year.

The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported this Wednesday May 20 that the accumulated COVID-19 infections are 56,594. Furthermore, since the beginning of the epidemic, Mexico has suffered 6,090 fatalities.

There are 12,085 confirmed active cases in the country, which represent the active epidemic in the country. There are 105,129 negative cases, 31,866 suspects, and a total of 193,589 people studied. José Luis Alomía, General Director of Epidemiology, reported that the Mexico City remains as the federal entity with more cumulative confirmed cases and deaths, with 15,844 and 1,618, respectively.

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