The head of INAH Diego Prieto reported that the rate of visits ramped up by 23.5% in 2023, according to the figures counted from the recovery works of vestiges that allowed to recover over 59,000 real estate pieces, 699 human remains as well as the preservation of 2,250 natural features.

Prieto noted the discovery of garments, tools and more than one million ceramic fragments found across 29 areas that made up the site with almost a dozen museums.

In the case of Chichen Itza, the official registered a 17% upturn in visits last year compared to those registered in the same period of 2022, which represents over two million people, both foreigners and nationals; as he highlighted the record number of 7,500 in one day on the spring equinox.

On the conference held at the National Palace, Prieto presented the progress report and mentioned the arrival of foreigners to other sites of great archaeological interest such as Uxmal and Tulum, where the flow of visitors surged by 20% and 23%, respectively.

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