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According to the latest report from Port System the National Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT), the arrival of cruise ships to México grew 28.9 percent in 2014 compared to the same period in 2013 with the arrival of 2,091 cruise ships compared to 1,622 in 2013.
Cruise ships arriving on México’s Pacific coast were up 42.9 percent with a total of 720 arrivals in 2014 compared to 504 during the prior year.
However, the arrival of cruise ships at Cozumel on the coast of the Gulf of México and the Caribbean continues to lead with 1,107 ports of call last year, representing a 23.7 percent over 2013. Puerto Progreso in the state of Yucatan had 104 arrivals, a 16.9 percent increase over the prior year and Majahual in the state of Quintana Roo saw 158 ports of call, representing a growth of 17.9 percent over 2013.
On the Pacific coast, Ensenada is still the leader with 286 cruise ships calling on the city, an increase of 46.7 percent over 2013. Ensenada was followed by Cabo San Lucas with 124 arrivals representing a growth of 30.5 percent. Puerto Vallarta in the state of Jalisco had 110 arrivals, which represented a 35.8 percent increase. Although Mazatlán had only 35 arrivals, that was a 483 percent increase over the 2013 ports of call.
(from El Sol de Mazatlán)
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