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Survey: Yucatan Travel Experience After Hurricane Wilma
  • February 2, 2006
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Highlights
  • Only 17% of respondents report that conditions in the Yucatan region are still poor
  • Dramatic improvements were evident from December 2005 onwards.
  • Cancun appears to have been affected greatest with approximately 90% of respondents noticing the hurricane’s effects on business closures and 70% of respondents noticing an affect on its beaches.
  • That said, approximately 60% of all respondents plan to return to the Yucatan region in 2006. Of those who do not plan to re-visit the area, only 14% cite the hurricane’s effects as a reason for them not to return.
  • In fact, nine out of ten respondents who visited the region are likely to recommend the area as a vacation destination to others.
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Yucatan Experience After Hurricane Wilma
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Conditions in Riviera Maya Are Best While Cancun Has The Most Businesses Still Closed But Conditions Appear to Have Improved Dramatically Since December
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Overall, About Half of Travelers Feel Beaches Are as Before; Cancun Beaches Most Likely to Be Perceived to Have Been Affected
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More Than Half of Respondents Intend to Return to the Yucatan Region in 2006; Very Few Were Discouraged to Return Because of the Hurricane’s Effects
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In Fact, The Majority of Visitors to the Yucatan Would Recommend It As A Vacation Destination
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Recent Trip Details
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Majority of Respondents Were Visiting Cancun or the Riviera Maya (78%)
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Increasing Number of Respondents Traveled to Affected Region as We Moved Into Jan-06
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Almost All Respondents Traveled to Mexico to Relax and Have Fun
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Appendix

- Methodology & Response Statistics
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Appendix 1: Methodology
  • Purpose: To gauge reactions of travelers who have been to the Yucatan area in Mexico since Hurricane Wilma
  • A Promotion Code for $25 off a Good Buy Hotel, TotalTripSM or LMD was offered
  • Data collected January 25 - 30, 2006
    • Solicited ~6,060 Travelocity members’ participation via email
    • Solicited members who traveled to the Yucatan region in the last 3 months (November, December, January)
    • 632 responses received (Response rate: 10%),
    • 321 responses used for analysis (respondents who actually traveled to the Yucatan region recently)
  • Duplicate responses were omitted from final findings
  • Margin of error
    • n ~ 300: +/- 5% at the 95% confidence level