MEXICO. Airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) announced yesterday that passenger traffic for October rose +20.1% year-on-year.
ASUR operates nine airports in southern Mexico. It said passenger traffic through the resort of Cancun rose +24.7% over last October while fellow resort area Cozumel jumped +45.2%.
Strong traffic growth has continued throughout the year. For the first nine months of the year, Asur recorded a +14.6% passenger traffic rise. It had initially projected a +5% increase in 2004 but business has been driven by more US tourists coming to Mexico following the March bombings in Madrid and security fears in Europe.
A weak dollar against the Euro and other European currencies has also driven growth this year as US travelers switch to non-European destinations.
| Airport | October 2004 passengers | Year-on-Year change % |
| Cancun | 674,195 | +24.7 |
| Cozumel | 29,605 | +45.2 |
| Huatulco | 15,305 | -0.1 |
| Merida | 75,692 | +4.1 |
| Minatitlan | 10,907 | -6.1 |
| Oaxaca | 46,897 | +14.0 |
| Tapachula | 14,572 | +3.2 |
| Veracruz | 54,127 | +18.8 |
| Villahermosa | 58,779 | +7.9 |
| ASUR total | 980,079 | +20.1 |
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