32.1M International Tourists Visited Mexico in 2015 Latin American Herald Tribune
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32.1 million international tourists visited Mexico in 2015 (Mexico)

Mexico welcomed 32.1 million foreign tourists in 2015, knocking Russia out of 9th place on the World Tourism Organization, or UNWTO, list of top tourist destinations, the Tourism Secretariat said.

“The WTO indicated that, in the 2016 Barometer, Russia reported growth of 6.2 percent, which represents 31.7 million visitors, or 446,000 fewer arrivals than Mexico had in 2015,” the secretariat said in a statement.

Foreign exchange revenues from international visitors rose 7.7 percent to $17.45 billion, the secretariat said, allowing Mexico to move up in the currency list from 22nd to 17th place.

President Enrique Peña Nieto met on Monday with UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai, who revealed Mexico’s solid performance in the rankings.

France, according to the UNWTO Barometer, ranked first in drawing foreign visitors, with 86.1 million, while the United States ranked second, with 77.9 million visitors, and Spain was in third place, with 68.2 million.

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Related: Tourism in Mexico to Focus on Domestic Travelers (Tourism-Review.com)

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