In today's interview in Los Cabos a la Carta with Rodrigo Esponda Cascajares, Director General of FITURCA, the current situation of tourism in the State was commented due to the recent reopening of some tourist activities as well as hotels and restaurants .

In this regard, the director commented that the month of June closed with the arrival of 11 thousand international tourists, which have been few compared to the previous year when 161 thousand arrived, “Cancun, which is a larger destination, closed with 22,000 tourists in the month. June, that is, only twice as much when it is a much larger destination than ours, "said Rodrigo Esponda, hoping that in July around 45,000 international tourists will arrive, without neglecting the national tourists who have been 18,000 and that are expected to grow gradually.

The director mentions the importance of building trust between tourism service providers and foreign tourists through an inspection and verification procedure with the support of the private sector to obtain certifications that demonstrate the great work that Los Cabos is doing in terms of health security matter as is the case of Punto Limpio.

As for the airlines that operate from the United States to Los Cabos, he comments that Alaska Airlines has a 76% load factor, and has been the line with the highest number of seats from Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix, Chicago and Charlotte seeing Los Cabos as a strategic partner. He also comments that demand has been recovering, they hope that by the end of August Eastern Airlines will operate operating as the only route that will operate directly to Mexico from JFK Airport in New York, thus representing a vote of confidence towards the tourist destination of Los Cabos . Regarding Mexico, he comments that Aeroméxico already has the three daily flights operating from CDMX to the destination, Viva Aerobús travels from Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Monterrey and Mexico City, as well as Volaris and Magnicharters that will be operating actively, which augurs a prompt recovery of the tourist jurisdiction to the destination of Los Cabos.

Regarding the European flights, he mentions that during the autumn the operation is expected to extend to the destination since there are certain processes that have to be taken into account to open their direct routes to Los Cabos.

To conclude, the director of FITURCA says regarding the reopening of nautical activities that the formula for the reactivation of visitor services is by supporting the community in reducing the number of positive cases in the state, since otherwise the pause from your activities. "If we can lower the number of cases, we can continue to make progress," he says.

To conclude, Rodrigo Esponda reminds the audience of the “Ponte Una Sonrisa” campaign to highlight the resilience that has always characterized destiny, inviting people to raise their spirits and resistance to come out ahead of this crisis caused by the pandemic.