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Tourism Tourism competitiveness Domestic tourism Tourism makes up to 8.4% of Mexico’s GDP and In 2012 Mexico was the 13th most visited The national tourism is an immense there are approximately 2 million people directly country in the , and the 24th on the part of the tourist market in Mexico. employed within this sector. Mexico has over list of countries where tourists spend The domestic tourism makes up 80% of 17,000 , more than 660,000 other types of most money. Mexico is not placed the total consumption within the accommodation and 58 international airports. higher in the listing due to the low prices sector. The seasons for domestic Furthermore, Mexico has numerous tourist the country offers. Nevertheless, prices tourism are Easter holiday, attractions and destinations, the most popular also keep Mexico high on the Travel and summertime and the week around being , Los Cabos, Cancún and Tourism Competiveness Index. The Christmas and New Year. The main . ranked Mexico destinations for domestic tourism are number 44 in the index, mainly due to Mexico City, , Acapulco and Mexico’s cultural and natural resources . (Mexico is placed number 8 in on natural resources due to its beautiful In 2013 there were 68.8 million arrivals and diverse nature). In 2013, 23.75 million tourists visited Mexico and of Mexican tourists at the country’s

spent approximately 13,819.2 million US dollars. hotels (the total population in Mexico Security and environmental issues are The tourists expenditures in Mexico have is of 119 million people). Since 2002 the not ideal for Mexico’s reputation as a increased 8.5% compared to 2012, even though amount of domestic tourism has tourism destination. the amount of tourists only increased by 1.4%. increased to 44%, even though this

increase has only been of 1% from 2012

Mexico is also a country for many non-overnight to 2013.

visitors, as in 2012 more than 5,247 thousand persons visited the country either by hiking or The financial crisis Mexico is an , and the cruise-tour and their expenditures in Mexico Mexican tourism was affected by the middle-class in Mexico is growing. One accounted up to 15% of the total tourist related financial crisis, but not as much as could therefore expect the domestic income. originally expected. The crisis has caused tourism to significantly grow in the a new mentality where “value for coming years. The majority of tourists come from USA and money” and short distances are , but tourist from and South prioritized by tourists. Mexico has America are common as well. The strategy of the therefore remained a good travel (www.visitmexico.com) has been destination because of its geographic Contact to focus on people who spend a significant location, its attractive sites and its low amount of resources in tourism-related prices. For more information, please contact: activities. These include tourists coming from Em bassy of in Mexico City, , , USA, Great Britain and Russia. The Trade Council China has though not been part of the strategy Commercial Advisor, Andrea Herrera because the Chinese tourists mainly travel to Tel: + 52 55 52 55 34 05 their own . Email: [email protected]