Mexico City tourism economic growth and infrastructure investment, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico City): On November 4, Mexico City’s Secretary of Tourism, Alejandra Frausto Guerrero, appeared before the city congress during review of the Second Government Report. In her presentation, she said the city government seeks ethical and respectful tourism that strengthens local economies and delivers prosperity to those who preserve and share the city’s heritage.
The secretary described cultural tourism that values the traditions of towns and neighborhoods, the city’s diversity and the conservation land, which covers about 60 percent of the territory. According to the Secretariat of Tourism, tourism contributes roughly one-tenth of the local gross domestic product and supports more than 800,000 jobs.
From January to September 2026, 11.5 million tourists stayed in hotels, 9.3 percent more than in the same period of 2024, according to city tourism figures. International tourists grew 19.2 percent over that span, and hotel guest spending totaled nearly 120 billion pesos.
The Lodging Tax, paid by guests staying in hotels and on digital platforms, showed the same trend. From January to September it reached 840 million current pesos, 15.9 percent more than in 2025 and the highest figure for that period since 2017, according to records of the Mixed Tourism Promotion Fund.
The Mexico City government, through the Mixed Fund, allocated about 4 billion pesos of tourism resources to 18 projects, with 63 percent directed to electric mobility. Funds modernized the Tren Ligero, which now operates 17 new trains, renovated the Cuemanco, Nativitas and Las Flores piers in Xochimilco, and improved streets, sidewalks and lighting around the Estadio Banorte.
A technical committee including representatives of the private sector, the boroughs and the congressional tourism commission reviewed each project. The secretary also said that since the Second Financing Forum, the city has worked with banks to expand credit for businesses serving visitors, and invited the private sector to join this model.
In a related item, the giant Catrina at the Zócalo, 33 meters tall and recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest in the world, will remain open to the public free of charge until November 11. On November 14, the UNAM Institute of Astronomy will hold its Night of the Stars at Ciudad Universitaria.
