Check Out Guanajuato's Breathtaking Hot Air Balloon Festival in Leon, Mexico HotAirBalloon.com
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International Hot Air Balloon Festival November 14 - November 16, 2014 (RuptlyTV)

In 1842, Don Benito León Acosta y Rubí de Celis, born in Guanajuato, managed to take off in a hot air balloon made by himself. It was the first time an aircraft ever flew over Mexico.

The International Balloon Festival in León, Guanajuato was founded in 2002. It featured 27 Hot Air Balloons in its first edition.

The FIG keeps a sustained growth of 1,250% since its first edition. In 12 years, the FIG has gathered nearly 2 million spectators ,that keep coming back to this great event every year.

The Leon International Balloon Festival is currently the biggest and most important rally in Latin America, and one of the most renowned around the world. In 2014, the FIG featured 200 hot air balloons and pilots from 15 different countries that were seen by over 405,000 spectators. The State of Guanajuato and the City of the Leon, home town of the event, received an income of more than 400 million pesos and full hotel occupancy.

For more info visit the website at FestivalDelGlobo.net

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