Although the figures show international travel to Latin America down 0.9% from January to end of July compared to last year, by September forward bookings for August to January 2020 were showing a 1.2% rise.
Brazil has performed particularly well this year with a 10.2% year-on-year increase for the first half of 2019.
Argentina also showed significant growth – up 9.4% year-on-year.
Mexico saw a 5.5% dip due to a drop in US arrivals. Increased crime and power cuts have hit Venezuela tourism but operators are returning to Nicaragua (LA460) thanks to an easing of unrest.
