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Ecuador again received more than 1 million tourists during 2023 by air with gate Quito, Guayaquil and Manta.
Again, after what was the fateful pandemic for world tourism, Ecuador again received more than 1 million tourists in what was during the 2023.
It's good news, but there are still many challenges to solve and this 2024 will be even more complex due to the internal situation of insecurity, curfew and declared armed conflict by the national government.
Arrival of tourists to Ecuador during the 2023
With information from the Ministry of Tourism of the Ecuador, We are going to review how the entry of foreign tourists to our country behaved through the three airports enabled to receive international flights that currently have operations of this type..
With data as of December 2023, Ecuador registered:
- Tourists Ecuador during 2023: 1,120.306
These data are below the 2019, where they registered 27 a thousand more passengers than the past 2023, indicating a positive figure given how close they are to each other, although the current situation of the country does not allow us to be so optimistic. It should be noted that since 2015 till the date, the 2019 It is the highest year recorded for the entry of foreign tourists to the Ecuador.
By discriminating the information by airport of entry, The tourists who visited us were distributed as follows::
- Quito: 678.706 tourists
- Guayaquil: 437.323 tourists
- Manta: 4.067 tourists
Let's compare the data with other years: Quito It continues to be the main entry point for tourists in the Ecuador, but it is below the record of the 2015 where they visited us 701.590 tourists, in case of Guayaquil it is private, since compared to the 2022, this city saw decreased in 11 thousand tourists income by air 2023 and compared to the record year of 2019 what were 457.587 The city has an important challenge ahead to attract travelers.
Finally, for Manta Tourist arrivals are below historical figures. 25.424 tourists who entered during the 2015, but taking into account that Copa only opened this route in June of last year and with three weekly frequencies, The numbers are expected to continue growing.
The countries that Ecuador visits the most
Let's now review the top 50 of the countries that visited us the most during 2023:
| Origin Market | Entry of visitors |
Stake | |
| 1 | USA | 440.052 | 31,19 % |
| 2 | Colombia | 249.016 | 17,65 % |
| 3 | Peru | 120.820 | 8,56 % |
| 4 | Spain | 112.601 | 7,98 % |
| 5 | China | 49.548 | 3,51 % |
| 6 | Venezuela | 35.043 | 2,48 % |
| 7 | Canada | 33.186 | 2,35 % |
| 8 | Germany | 31.378 | 2,22 % |
| 9 | Mexico | 29.756 | 2,11 % |
| 10 | Chile | 26.222 | 1,86 % |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 25.955 | 1,84 % |
| 12 | Argentina | 25.500 | 1,81 % |
| 13 | Italy | 23.177 | 1,64 % |
| 14 | France | 22.118 | 1,57 % |
| 15 | Brazil | 18.959 | 1,34 % |
| 16 | Panama | 15.651 | 1,11 % |
| 17 | Netherlands | 15.485 | 1,10 % |
| 18 | Switzerland | 9.149 | 0,65 % |
| 19 | Cuba | 8.550 | 0,61 % |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 8.161 | 0,58 % |
| 21 | Israel | 6.697 | 0,47 % |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 6.435 | 0,46 % |
| 23 | Australia | 6.244 | 0,44 % |
| 24 | Bélaica | 6.129 | 0.43 % |
| 25 | Philippines | 5.870 | 0,42 % |
| 26 | India | 4.917 | 0,35 % |
| 27 | Bolivia | 4.578 | 0,32 % |
| 28 | The Savior | 4.488 | 0,32 % |
| 29 | Russia | 4.229 | 0,30 % |
| 30 | Guatemala | 4.119 | 0,29 % |
| 31 | Uruguay | 3.780 | 0,27 % |
| 32 | Denmark | 3.251 | 0,23 % |
| 33 | Japan | 3.224 | 0,23 % |
| 34 | Austria | 3.133 | 0,22 % |
| 35 | South Korea | 3.061 | 0,22 % |
| Poland | 3.061 | 0,22 % | |
| 37 | Portugal | 2.673 | 0,19 % |
| 38 | Honduras | 2.559 | 0,18 % |
| 39 | Sweden | 2.500 | 0,18 % |
| 40 | Ireland | 2.355 | 0,17 % |
| 41 | Czech Republic | 1.770 | 0,13 % |
| 42 | Ukraine | 1.725 | 0,12 % |
| 43 | Norway | 1.556 | 0,11 % |
| 44 | Paraguay | 1.494 | 0,11 % |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 1.452 | 0,10 % |
| 46 | New Zealand | 1.324 | 0,09 % |
| 47 | Romania | 1.126 | 0,08 % |
| 48 | Turkey | 1.052 | 0,07 % |
| 49 | Finland | 829 | 0,05 % |
| 50 | Hungary | 810 | 0,06 % |
USA It continues to be the main country that sends tourists to our country, that during the 2023 gender 31 thousand more tourists to our market compared to what was the 2022. Go on Colombia With almost 250 thousand tourists, Peru with 120 one thousand, Spain more of 112 thousand and close the top 5 China With almost 50 thousand tourists admitted.
The numbers are good and growing, but without a doubt the general challenge that Ecuador In terms of security it will be essential for a year 2024 positive or backward, that could affect the entire tourism logistics chain.
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