Quintana Roo would lose more than $ 5.8 billion on a red traffic light

They point out that it is urgent to reinforce prevention measures to stop the spread of Covid.

A week of red light for Quintana Roo represents an economic collapse of 5,810 million pesos and an almost immediate loss of 8,000 formal jobs, estimates from the Ministry of Economic Development reveal.

According to the COVID-19 document, HOW ARE WE GOING ?, it is urgent to reinforce prevention measures to stop the spread of the disease and thus move towards a yellow traffic light until reaching green and not the other way around.

For the state authorities, business confidence in the economic recovery still prevails, an example of this is the registration of 573 additional employers before the IMSS, only from January to May, mainly in Solidaridad and Tulum.

“According to the behavior observed in the Quarterly Indicator of State Economic Activity and the main productive activities in the state, the indicator is expected to stand at 106.1 points in the first quarter of 2021, that is, a variation with respect to the worst moment of the pandemic of: + 38.1% “, the document details.

However, it also warns of the serious economic losses that the state would suffer if it returned to a red light.

In the tourism sector alone, passenger traffic at the three airports would decrease by 175,000 people (75,000 nationals and 100,000 foreigners), while hotels in the four main tourist destinations would lose 91,133 rooms / night occupied.

Economic activity would contract 2 percentage points, in the best scenario. Losses due to an economic contraction of two percentage points are estimated at 5 thousand 810 million pesos ”, he warns.

Shopping malls and department stores; Cinemas, theaters, casinos, discos, bars and restaurants; Hairdressers, beauty salons, aesthetics, massages and spas; Gymnasiums and Public Parks; Beaches and Vacation Centers; Congresses, conventions, exhibitions and fairs would be the most affected.

Quintana Roo bets on economic reactivation.

The Nafin + Quintana Roo Impulse credit, the Pyme Impulse and the Craft Production credit are the three items that have injected the most money into the productive sector, as part of the strategy for economic reactivation, which in the last two months exceeded the 220 million pesos.

Rosa Elena Lozano Vázquez, head of the Ministry of Economic Development highlighted the commitment of the business sector to participate in the covid-19 prevention protocols, although to really move forward it is necessary to multiply efforts by families, collaborators and society in general .