Cancun Airport Seeing Renewed Growth

By: - June 7th, 2019
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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Mexico’s tourism hub of Cancun is seeing renewed cruise growth following a few sluggish months, according to new data from ASUR, which manages a portfolio of regional airports that includes Cancun.

Cancun handled a total of 2.119 million passengers in May, a 4.7 percent increase compared to the same month in 2018.

That was buoyed by a stronger 2.8 percent growth rate in international traffic, for a total of 1.327 million passengers from abroad.

And domestic traffic surged, with an 8.1 percent increase and a total of 792,854 passengers in the period.

For the year to date, Cancun passenger traffic is up 5.2 percent, including a 1.1 percent increase in international traffic.

So far this year, Cancun has handled just over 11 million passengers.

— CJ

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