Cancún vs Havana

Cancún leads Havana by 9 points on the CIRA Index, 66 to 57. Cancún grades better on 9 measures, Havana on 2; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Cancún 66, Havana 57
• OECD: Cancún 61, Havana 49
• UN Tourism: Cancún 62, Havana 65
• UNDRR: Cancún 70, Havana 57

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Cancún 75, Havana 29
• Economy and jobs: Cancún 42, Havana 63
• Climate and hazards: Cancún 45, Havana 40
• Water and environment: Cancún 44, Havana 67
• Community and housing: Cancún 75, Havana 75
• Access and continuity: Cancún 83, Havana 58

Where Cancún is stronger

• Nights in the three busiest months: 28.6 % of annual nights (country figure) (World Economic Forum, TTDI 2026 (data: UN Tourism by United Nations World Tourism Organization), 2024, 2025 moving average). At or below 30: grade 4/4.
• Largest foreign market: 35.2 % of international arrivals or nights (region figure) (Secretaría de Turismo del Estado de Quintana Roo (SEDETUR) & CPTQ, ¿Cómo vamos en turismo?, 2023). Between 30 and 40: grade 1/4.
• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 72.8 % average annual occupancy (Secretaría de Turismo del Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo (SEDETUR), SITUR-Q, 2025). Between 65 and 75: grade 3/4.
• Extreme heat days: 0 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Flood hazard: medium (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 2/4.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: A plan tested in an exercise or a real event, with lessons published (Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo / SEDETUR, 2024). Grade 4/4.
• Government effectiveness: 40.1 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Between 40 and 60: grade 2/4.
• Travel advisory: 2 stricter of the US and Canadian government advisory for the country, 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel) (country figure) (US State Department and Government of Canada travel advisories, 2026-09-29). Between 1 and 2: grade 3/4.
• Dedicated tourism funding: A dedicated source partly ring-fenced for residents, infrastructure or sustainability (Municipio de Benito Juárez & Gobierno del Estado de Quintana Roo (Ley de Hacienda / Ley de Derechos), 2024). Grade 3/4.

Where Havana is stronger

• Country disaster risk: 3.5 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Between 2 and 3.5: grade 3/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 225.9 kg per resident per year (Revista Universidad de La Habana / ONEI, 2021). At or below 350: grade 4/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Mexico: #41 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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