This was the entry of tourists to Ecuador during the 2024

We review the statusístatics of what was the income of tourists al Ecuador during the 2024, añor with less sprayílines and connectivity to the countryís.

The 2024 It was añor particularly complex for Ecuador, not only because of the safety factor and power outagesíhimécitrica, but alsoén for a notorious caígive in the Aerol offerílines operating to and from our airports.

With fewer routes and airícompanies that closed their operations in the countryís how Aeroméxico, Wingo, Viva Aerobus and Conviasa, and others that closed routes such as JetBlue O JetSMART, presents a complex landscape for travelers' options, Therefore, reviewing the behavior of tourist arrivals is important..

Arrival of tourists to Ecuador during 2024

The statesístatics have finally been published today 9 of January of 2025 on the portal of the Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador and the data is not positive, sí there is a caígives in year-on-year growth, that compared to other países of the regionón, solo Ecuador cayó.

Let us remember that these data do not discriminate if they are Ecuadorians who enter with dual nationality or residence of another country.ís.

During the 2024 they arrived at the país a total of 1.262.664 tourists, this taking income for víto terrestrial, fluvial, marítima andérea, what represents a caífrom from from from 12.1% Compared to him 2023 where they arrived 1.426.514 visitors, a difference of 163,850 any less travelers occupying hotels, taxis, restaurants and different tourist servicesístatic.

Monthly income behaved as follows:

From these annual data, the incomeún méall trips are divided as follows:

• Vía aérea: 1.051.233
• Fluvial: 915
• Maríteam: 15.553
• Land: 194.963

If we focus on vía aérea, of these tourists 338 They entered through Esmeraldas, 11.576 They entered through Manta, 611.739 through Quito and 427.414 by Guayaquil.

Year-on-year behavior

To have a better context, Let's now review the annual data of income to the país:

As we can see, the figures of the 2024 They even take us to data lower than 2022 which was añor of transientsón between the pandemic and the expected return to normality, so the challengeíor to recover the movementístic, first of 2023 and second of the period 2018-2019, they are huge.

The PAíyou know that más visited Ecuador in 2024

Regarding income per países, USA continues to maintain its positionón as the main source of visitors to Ecuador with 482.602 visitors during the 2024, followed by Colombia, España, Perú and Canadaá.

If we compare with the 2023, a total of 28.178 fewer tourists since USA They visited the país, 34.275 fewer Colombians and 5.192 less spyñole there areí successively, the great majoría of main paíThe issuers presented a drop in visitors Ecuador.

Let's hope for better performanceño and arrival of tourists this 2025, to avoid theí that más aerolíjust leave the país and the panorama of the tourism industryística continues to complicate within a difícil context país.