A new report has revealed the most tourism-dense destination in Latin America, welcoming an astonishing 43 visitors for every local resident. The findings come from The Latin America Tourism Density Index: Ranking Destinations by Visitor-to-Resident Ratios, a new regional analysis examining how tourism impacts communities across 17 countries.
The study analyzed 50 of Latin America’s top destinations using data from 2023–2024, including visitor arrivals, port statistics, and census data. The goal: to understand which places experience the most pressure from tourism relative to their local populations.
According to the report, Cozumel tops the list, followed closely by Tulum (Mexico), Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Punta del Este (Uruguay), Cancún (Mexico),
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