Mexican expects few spring breakers

Mexico's sun-kissed beaches will lie largely empty during the peak "spring break" season that usually lures tens of thousand of young Americans south, as restrictions aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus spurs widespread trip cancellations.

Hotel occupancy in the state of Quintana Roo, home to popular Caribbean beach getaways including Cancun and Playa del Carmen, is now below 60 percent when just a few days ago it was 85 percent, state Tourism Minister Marisol Venegas told Reuters in a phone interview.