Riviera Maya, Q.R. — Entry times into Mexico at the Cancun International Airport continues to be improved. The airport has expanded the number of electronic gates that serve tourists with the intention of adding more.
Governor Mara Lezama announced the modernization of the immigration process at the Cancun airport with the addition of e-Gates. Additional personal immigration checkpoints have also been increased.
“We are making the immigration control systems more efficient and modern,” she said.
The improvement in the immigration process at the Cancun airport is in coordination with the National Migration Institute (INM). Governor Lezama said the state of Quintana Roo is improving how it receives visitors from the first point of contact.
Terminal 4, she reported, will have 20 E-gates to allow travelers to enter in an automated and secure manner. Currently, 10 checkpoints are already operating under this system with a goal of 20 in coming weeks.
She explained that Terminal 3 currently has 16 e-Gates in operation. Incoming weeks, it will migrate to the new system with 20 automated checkpoints. Additionally, the number of traditional checkpoints will increase from 48 to 54, allowing for greater capacity to handle the flow of tourists, she reported.
Governor Lezama also highlighted the strengthening of closed-circuit video surveillance systems as well as increased supervision in second review processes in order to guarantee transparency and efficiency in immigration procedures.
“Quintana Roo is Mexico’s gateway to the world. That’s why we continue working every day to ensure that every person who comes to our land finds order, security and dignified treatment,” she said.
She says the improvements are meant to ensure that travelers, from their first step into the Cancun Airport, “feel that they have arrived in Quintana Roo, the world capital of vacations, a state that welcomes the world with open arms.”
