LatinNews Daily - 23 July 2026

*Mexico’s tourism ministry has announced that 7.8m people travelled to the three host cities of the Fifa World Cup between 8 June and 19 July, resulting in total tourism spending of M$42.3bn (US$2.4bn). This was up by 44% compared to the same period last year, while the number of tourists was up by 36%. Some 4.4m tourists visited Mexico City (CDMX), and tourist spending was up 41% at M$25.9bn. In Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco state, 2.3m tourists spent M$11.4bn, up 67% year-on-year. In Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo León state, 1.1m people spent M$5.0bn, up 21% year-on-year. Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez Zamora said that the World Cup generated 130,900 jobs in the three host cities: 100,000 in CDMX, 15,800 in Monterrey, and 15,100 in Guadalajara.

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