In 2023 he Tourism Gross Domestic Product (PIBT) amounted to 2 trillion 582 thousand 001 million pesos, with a growth rate of 4.4% compared to 2022, a figure higher than the growth of the national total GDP, which increased 3.2%, reported the Ministry of Tourism.
Based on the Mexico Tourism Satellite Account 2023 of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the head of the Ministry of Tourism stated that the participation of the Tourism GDP within the national GDP was 8.6%, placing it above the Tourism GDP of countries such as New Zealand 3.7%, Australia 2.5%, y Colombia 2.3%.
He stated that during 2023, activities related to tourism generated approximately 2.8 million paid jobs, equivalent to a growth of 3.1% compared to 2022, which represented 7.2% of the total paid jobs in the country.
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Rodriguez Zamora highlighted that the PIBT It was mainly made up of accommodation services, which represented 20.9%; passenger transport 19%; restaurants, bars and nightclubs with 15.7%; and goods and crafts with 13.9%.
On the other hand, he pointed out that the Domestic Tourist Consumption recorded 4 trillion 251 billion current pesos.
By components, the expenditure made by residents of Mexico (Domestic Consumption) stands out with 83.7% of the total; while the spending of international visitors (Responsive Consumption) is equivalent to 16.3%.
Sectur He added that the expenditure recorded by residents of Mexico (Domestic Tourist Consumption) was mainly for other travel reasons with 41.2%, vacations with 29.4%, excursionists with 12.1%, pre-trip expenses 11.7% and for business 5.6%.
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Domestic Tourist Consumption was mainly allocated to transportation with 26.3%.
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