International travel to Mexico jumps 12% in July

International tourism successful Mexico saw a 12.3% summation successful July 2025 compared to the aforesaid period past year, reaching a full of implicit 8.4 cardinal planetary visitors , according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).

Of those planetary tourists, 4.2 cardinal stayed overnight successful the state (up 6.1%) and 4.1 cardinal were day-trippers who visited without staying overnight (up 19.5%).

The fig of inbound tourists (those who transverse beyond the borderline strip) topped 2.4 million, registering a 3.2% year-over-year increase. Of these, 80.8% arrived by aerial (up 0.7%), and 19.2% by onshore (up 15.7%).

Meanwhile, border-region tourists totaled 1.8 million, 10.3% much than July past year.

Just arsenic planetary tourism increased, spending by planetary visitors besides accrued successful July. However, mean spending per visitant dropped.

Spending by planetary visitors reached US $3.0 billion, registering an yearly maturation of 10.2% implicit July 2024.

Average spending per visitant fell 1.9% to US $357, but the precocious fig of visitors made up for the driblet successful per-person spending.

Meanwhile, 6.58 cardinal Mexican residents traveled overseas successful July, a 12.2% year-over-year increase. Of these, 1.76 cardinal spent astatine slightest 1 nighttime extracurricular of Mexico — up 7% much than the erstwhile year.

Spending by Mexicans overseas reached US $1.2 billion, up 19.4% compared to past year. The mean spending per traveler was US $179.18, a 6.5% summation implicit past year.

Mexico is the sixth most-visited state successful the world, surpassing countries similar the United Kingdom and Germany, and lone down destinations specified arsenic France, Spain, the United States, Italy and Turkey.

INEGI reported that past year, Mexico welcomed 86.4 cardinal planetary visitors, 15.5% much than successful 2023. According to the Tourism Ministry, the affirmative inclination continued this year: 31.5 cardinal planetary visitors arrived during the archetypal 4 months of 2025, up 13.3% compared to the aforesaid play successful 2024.

With reports from Inversión Turística