Cancun Expects Arrival of 80,000 Spring Breakers Tourism-review.com
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Cancun Spring Break 2015 - Be Ready! (El Blog de Cancún)

Cancun, the popular destination in southeastern Mexico, is expecting the arrival of between 70,000 and 80,000 US students during the six-week spring break season that has already started in this tourist resort, according to Laura Fernández Piña, head of Quintana Roo’s Ministry of Tourism (SEDETUR).

"During the approximately 6-week spring break period this year – almost two weeks before Holy Week and Easter and two weeks after these dates – we are set to receive an estimated 80,000 young people," she announced.

The official noted in an interview that the spring break market has evolved over the years since it began in 1989 as a result of the crisis caused by hurricane Gilbert which hit a year earlier.

To quote the figures, this segment reached 100,000 spring breakers but started to decline from 2003-2004, recording 80,000, 60,000, 45,000 and even 25,000 visitors in recent years.

Lack of security and social problems affecting the port of Acapulco, which was once the main destination, have made spring breakers return to Cancun.

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