Tulum, Quintana Roo. Photo: Pablo Hidalgo/123RF

Concern is spreading that the winter holiday success in Mexico could be fleeting, because it came as COVID-19 infections in both Mexico and the United States, the main source of the foreign tourists.

Tourism accounts for 87% of Quintana Roo’s gross domestic product, said state Tourism Secretary Marisol Vanegas Pérez. The state lost some 90,000 tourism jobs — only 10,000 of which have come back — and countless others that depend on tourism.

Flights from the U.S. dried up last spring as the pandemic took hold but have risen steadily since then. In December, Quintana Roo was averaging 460 air arrivals and departures per day compared to a pre-pandemic average of 500, Vanegas said.

Source: www.nbcnews.com