- Mexico has become the #1 global tourism destination (#7 pre-Covid) as resorts boomed by simply remaining open during the pandemic.
- Airlines are currently scheduling 20% more seats to Cancún and Tulum than they were in 2019.
- When poverty started rapidly worsening at the onset of the pandemic, the Mexican government decided it couldn’t afford mass job losses from shutdowns.
- Mexico’s tourism boom is leading resorts to add more rooms, sparking environmentally damaging construction.
- Gang turf wars have also started spilling over into resorts.
