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Cancun Airport Sees Traffic Surge

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - April 5, 2018

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Even in the face of heightened travel warnings, Cancun continues to see a surge in visitor activity.

Cancun International Airport reported a total of 2.08 million passengers in March, a 14.5 percent increase in traffic compared to the same month in 2017.

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And it wasn’t just internal traffic — Cancun Airport reported a 10.7 percent jump in international traffic, with a total of 1.56 million passengers in the month, according to the latest data from Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, or ASUR, which manages Cancun’s hub.

Last year, Cancun’s airport reported total traffic of 5.97 million, a 9.6 percent increase over the previous year.

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