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Mexico tourism faces nearly USD800 million shortfall over Canada flight ban
Canada’s flight ban will cost Mexico’s tourism industry about $782 million in lost revenue says Mexico’s Tourism Minister Miguel Torruco Marques.
Torruco Marques predicts it will lead to a loss of 791,000 fewer tourists.
Canada imposed a ban on flights to Mexico and the Caribbean through April 30, and also now requires all inbound travelers to quarantine in hotels on arrival for three days.
The minister said Canada could miss out on nearly 400,000 inbound travelers from Mexico due to the flight ban.
Four Canadian airlines – Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing, and WestJet – were ordered to halt flights and Aeromexico said it will suspend its services to Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto from next week.
Canada is the number two source market for tourism to Mexico after the US.
"The loss may be less since the Canadian government’s restrictions are similar to those imposed by the US government, which can be mitigated with actions that some Mexican airlines and hotels in tourist destinations are applying with Covid-19 tests ," Torruco Marques said.
Written by Ray Montgomery, US Editor
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