During the two-week period of spring break Mexicali received more visitors and got the highest amount of tourist spending than any other city in the state, an official said.
State Secretary of Tourism Oscar Escobedo made the final report of the March 18-April 3 period in which he said the state was visited by 1,138,408 people, of whom 56 percent were Mexican and the rest were foreign visitors.
Mexicali received the largest amount of tourists during the period with 282,000 visitors, the secretary said.
Tourists in the capital city spent 334 million pesos or US $2 million, followed by Tijuana with US $1.7 million, Ensenada with US $ 1.69 million, Rosarito with US $1 million, and San Felipe with US $733,333.
“These are good numbers for the (tourism) sector,” Escobedo said.
The secretary said average hotel occupancy rate statewide was 61 percent, although beach cities like Ensenada, Rosarito, and San Felipe observed weekend averages of over 90 percent.
Men arrested for burglary
Two men were arrested Tuesday morning after being caught by police officers while exiting a business with several items, said the Municipal Public Safety Department.
Authorities said at 6:30 a.m. the suspects, who were identified as Héctor, 29, and Alejandro, 25, were observed at J Street and Blas López Street at Colonia Nacozari neighborhood.
The suspects were leaving a business with a microwave oven and a blender.
The men were arrested and transported to the police headquarters to begin their processing, according to authorities.
Spring break ends
Thousands of students statewide were back to school Tuesday after the two-week spring break.
Authorities said over 694,000 students were back to classes April 5, of whom 107,223 attend kindergarten, 387,720 are in elementary school, and 199,307 go to middle school.
Undersecretary of Basic Education Leopoldo Guerrero said the date selected as the return to school was set previously on the State School Calendar 2015-2016.
