A statement from that institution specifies that inbound travelers (residents abroad who visit the country, cross the border strip delimitation and spend at least one night in a destination) totaled 2,288,884, an increase of 2.1 percent annually.

Those who entered by air represented 84.4 percent of inbound tourists and increased 0.9 percent compared to the same period a year earlier, while 356,998 entered by land (equivalent to 15.6 percent), 8.7 percent more than in the same period of 2023.

In November of 2024, border tourists who entered the country, by car or on foot, amounted to one million 654 thousand 413, 33.3 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year.

According to the statement, spending by international tourists reached two thousand 522.1 million dollars, of which 93.3 percent came from inbound travelers and 6.7 from border visitors.

Official data indicate the arrival of 36.3 million travelers from January to October 2024 by all means, 7.2 percent more than what was captured in 2023.

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