Hotel employees hand out food to beach vendors, who are struggling due to the lack of tourists after the beach was closed as part of the measures issued by Mexico's government for the health emergency to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Acapulco, Mexico April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Verdin
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hotel occupancy rates in top tourist resorts in Mexico have plunged to single digits this week as measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak hammered demand, the Mexican association of hotels and motels (AMHM) said on Thursday.
The public health scare has cast a pall over the peak "spring break" season that usually lures tens of thousands of young Americans south, as restrictions to halt the spread of the coronavirus spurred widespread cancellations.
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