Mexico

From 22 May we will be working to update all of the data and documents on this page following the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revision of the International Passenger Survey (IPS) data for 2009-2018 and the released detailed 2019 data. UK data will be updated first and followed by the regional data from 27 May. Please be patient as we update these pages or contact the VisitBritain research team if you have any questions- VB/VEResearch@visitbritain.org. Thank you.

Global context

Measure	2019
International tourism expenditure (US$bn)	11.2
Global rank for international tourism expenditure	31
Number of outbound visits (m)	22.3
Most visited destination	USA
Most visited destination in Western Europe	France

Key demographic and economic data

Measure	2019
Population (m)	127.8
GDP per capita PPP (US$)	19,091
Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%)	2.7
Annual average GDP growth in 2018 (%)	-0.1

Inbound visits to Britain from Mexico

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Total expenditure (GBP)

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Access to Britain from Mexico

Measure	2019
Weekly aircraft departures	41
Weekly seat capacity	11,755
Airports with direct routes in Mexico	4
Airports with direct routes in Britain	10

London Gatwick, Manchester International and London Heathrow had a combined 84% of market share for seat capacity in 2019
4 airports in Mexico serve 10 British airports
There were 41 direct non-stopping flights from Mexico to Britain a week, in 2019
Cancun and Mexico City served 68% and 26% of Mexican seat capacity to the UK in 2019, respectively

Markets

Markets

Mexico

Mexico