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Winter season for Canadian tourists began in Huatulco
November 6, 2023 admin There are no comments
• The first flight arrived with 184 Canadian tourists arriving to the Coast to reside for at least six months
Raul Laguna
HUATULCO BAYS. – With 184 passengers, the first Canadian flight of the 2023-2024 winter season landed last Sunday afternoon at the Bahías de Huatulco International Airport, from Toronto, Canada.
The Toronto – Huatulco – Toronto route of the Air Canada line arrived at 1:45 p.m., an Airbus A321 with capacity for 220 passengers that brought with it 184 tourists who came to enjoy the beaches of the Oaxacan coast; Huatulco, Mazunte, Zipolite and Puerto Escondido, among others.
It is worth mentioning that the flight is a resumption for the winter season; in other years, the airline had already transported passengers from Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Flight 1771 has 220 seats and only transported 184 passengers from Toronto and returned with 19.
More Canadians during the 2023-2024 winter season
In Bahías de Huatulco, this season you can see the increase in foreign tourists, especially Canadians who travel by air to Bahías de Huatulco International Airport.
It is expected that during the winter season, from November 2023 to April 2024, thousands of tourists will visit the Oaxacan beaches, from Huatulco to Puerto Escondido.
The majority of Canadian tourists come to reside for up to six months on the Oaxacan coast, due to the low temperatures that originate in their country of origin.
Local and state authorities; As well as businessmen, members of business chambers welcomed the 184 passengers who landed on the Air Canada flight this Sunday afternoon in Bahías de Huatulco.
Canadian tourism will increase by 20 percent
It is estimated that, this winter season, an increase of around 20 percent in Canadian visitors, compared to the previous year
The tourism delegate in Bahías de Huatulco, Nadia Bolaños Flores highlighted that the expectation, according to the tourism promotion that has been carried out during the year, by the Ministry of Tourism, has an increase between 15 to 20 percent of visitors from various cities in Canada. She said that in the future new destinations will be activated and a greater number of rooms will be managed. American and Canadian tourism grows in Huatulco
On the other hand, the municipal president of Santa María Huatulco, José Hernández Cárdenas, celebrated that the number of foreign tourists, especially Americans and Canadians, is growing. He explained that the Oaxacan coast is a trend for Canadians who come because they do not stay during the winter in their country and want to enjoy the natural and sustainable attractions.
“Canadians seek these coastal destinations for their warm temperatures and low cost of products and services in the area,” he highlighted. “He said that Mexico is one of the places with the lowest costs worldwide for foreigners and that is why many of them choose the Coast as a place to retire,” she stated.
Passengers to Huatulco are increasing
According to Margarita Arroyo Spamer, administrator of the Bahías de Huatulco International Airport, in Huatulco, currently the monthly average of passengers is 76 thousand and will improve with flights from Canada during the winter season.
Currently, there are two Canadian airlines (WestJet and Air Canada) that operate routes from the cities of Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton that arrive in Bahías de Huatulco: as well as the American Airlines airline that will be reactivated during this month of November with flights from Dallas.
Added to the above is the airline Volaris with flights from Chicago and five other national destinations.
One million passengers will arrive in Huatulco during 2023
The administrator announced that it is expected to reach a historic goal and reach more than one million passengers by the end of 2023, since last year there were 974,149 passengers arriving at this tourist destination.
He mentioned that there are five airlines that operate and use the infrastructure of the Bahías de Huatulco International Airport with routes to Mexico City, Tijuana, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Oaxaca; in addition to the Toronto-Huatulco-Toronto flight from Air Canada, with a weekly frequency (Sundays) and starting in December it will be increased to two weekly flights.
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