Ted Cruz takes ill-fated Cancun trip as tourism there edges towards pre-pandemic levels
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Sen. Ted Cruz is under fire for flying to Cancun, Mexico with his family as over 500,000 Texans weather days without power during a deadly winter storm.
The Texas lawmaker, his wife and daughters are among tens of thousands of U.S. tourists who have traveled to Mexico between the end of 2021 and start of the New Year. The Quintana Roo state – a tourism hotspot home to Cancun, the Riviera Maya and Tulum – has welcomed over 961,000 visitors during this stretch, down only 25% from the previous year. What’s more, nearly half of those visitors were from the U.S. "Flights from the U.S. dried up last spring as the pandemic took hold but have risen steadily since then," the outlet reports. In December, Quintana Roo averaged about 460 air arrivals and departures per day, as compared with a pre-pandemic average of 500 per day, state Tourism Secretary Marisol Vanegas Pérez said.More Related News