Visits
Given the estimated arrival of 5.5 million national and international visitors, the hosts say they are ready.
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Following the recent public debate on accommodation capacity in the Mexico City heading to World Cup 2026, including the concerns expressed by the Mayor of Cuauhtémoc, Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, The United Front for Hospitality (FUH) recognized that the issue has placed at the center the importance of strengthening and making visible the entire tourist ecosystem of the capital.
In accordance with the official position of the Ministry of Tourism of Mexico City, which confirmed that the city does have sufficient infrastructure thanks to its diversity of hotels, hostels, guest houses, tourist departments and digital accommodation platforms, the Front highlighted that digital and community hosts will provide more than 26,000 additional spaces, expanding the installed capacity and diversifying the offer throughout the capital.
The FUH, made up of three organizations that bring together more than 48 thousand host families and generate more than 66 thousand jobs, of which 48 thousand are direct, highlighted that the participation of the Eventual Tourist Stays (ETEs) will be decisive in projecting an image of authentic hospitality to the world, under a sustainable and inclusive model.
In the context of the announcement made by the president Claudia Sheinbaum Regarding investment in infrastructure and tourism promotion towards the World Cup, which will leave an estimated spill of 3 billion dollars and the arrival of more than 5.5 million visitors, the Front considered that this strategy opens an opportunity to recognize the role of hosts in the neighborhood economy and in the consolidation of responsible tourism.
“Mexico will be the center of the world during the opening of the World Cup and we want visitors to live the real experience of our neighborhoods, towns and communities. Hospitality is not measured only in hotel rooms, but in the warmth and effort of thousands of families who contribute to the local economy and the development of the city by offering accommodation known as Eventual Tourist Stays,” said Angel Torres, director of Todos Somos Hosts.
According to data from the sector itself, the ETEs, In addition to complementing the lodging infrastructure, they generate income for the city: they have contributed more than 650 million pesos in Lodging Tax between 2017 and 2024 and produce an annual economic benefit of more than 22 billion pesos.
Recently, the capital government proposed allocating part of these tourist revenues to mobility works, tourist corridors and urban improvement, as reported by the Mixed Tourism Promotion Fund.
Given this, Sean Cázares Ahearne, General Director of AMVITUR, He pointed out that this change of vision is positive: “Public investment derived from the collection of tourism taxes in corridors such as the Basilica to the Zócalo, the Zona Rosa, Chapultepec, San Ángel, Coyoacán, Tlalpan and Xochimilco strengthens the urban environment and opens an unbeatable opportunity for the development of community tourism.”
Likewise, the FUH highlighted that ETEs do not compete with traditional hotels, but rather complement them with more accessible options distributed in areas with a cultural, historical and environmental vocation. “Community hosts are allies of responsible tourism and economic development; our presence contributes to avoiding tourist overconcentration and redistributing the benefits in more corridors of the city,” added Cázares Ahearne.
The Front reiterated its willingness to collaborate with the Government of the Mexico City and the Ministry of Tourism in the definition of public policies that strengthen preparation for the 2026 World Cup, fully integrating the offer of community accommodation as part of the capital’s formal tourist infrastructure.