29 Million International Tourists: A Great Success for Mexico Tourism Tourism-Review.com
go to original November 2, 2015

Tourism in Mexico (Lizbeth Villarreal)

Mexican tourism report reveals a 20.3% increase in the amount of foreign visitors in 2014. Tourism in Mexico climbed five places in the amount of international tourists and the country is among the top 10 major tourist destinations in the world.

The total amount of foreign visitors coming to explore Mexico in 2014 was 29.1 million. The “Economic Observatory Mexico” report shows that the figure represented a 20.3% increase over 2013 and is the highest increase of the 10 countries topping the list of arrivals worldwide.

...In the first half of this year, foreign tourist arrivals in Mexico grew 7.6%, a figure higher than the rate of 4.4% seen worldwide, while revenue for the same period grew 9%.

In the first six months, the average spending by overnight foreign tourists was $865, a small amount compared to $1,200 for the Caribbean, $910 for South America or $2,000 for the United States.

With regard to cruise tourists arriving at Mexican ports, after a long period of decline, the report suggests a significant recovery of 28% in 2014 and 9% in the first half of this year.

Regarding the number of air arrivals, from January to June 2015 the positive trend continued, recording an increase of 10.7%, after a 10.6% increase during the same period in 2014.

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