Hotel occupancy affected by September earthquakes

In Mexico City , hotel occupancy suffered the biggest drop in eight years due to the 8.2-magnitude quake on September 7 followed by a 7.1-magnitude quake on September 19 .

Mexico City is the tourist destination with the highest hotel offer in the country, so the cancellations caused by the earthquakes had a great impact on the industry.

On average, Mexico City reported 30,650 occupied rooms in September, according to information from the Ministry of Tourism ( Secretaría de Turismo abbreviated Sectur ).

The figures convey a 10.4% drop compared to the quarters averaged in September 2016.

Francisco Madrid

, Director of the Faculty of Tourism and Gastronomy of the Anáhuac University anticipates that “in one or two months the activity may be in normal conditions."

Mexico City reported a hotel occupancy of 58.5% last September , the lowest rate in almost three years, since January 2015 , when it registered 54.4% .

The capital of Oaxaca had a 2.7% drop in occupied rooms, while the Huatulco Bays had an 8.8% decrease due to the 8.2-magnitude quake on September 7.

According to specialists, natural catastrophes in destinations, such as earthquakes, and hurricanes, are situations that cannot be anticipated and, consequently, tourists are less sensitive regarding them.

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